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Psalm 118 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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PSALM 118
Praise to God for His Everlasting Mercy
1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
​​For His mercy endures forever.
​
2 ​​Let Israel now say,
​​“His mercy endures forever.”
3 ​​Let the house of Aaron now say,
​​“His mercy endures forever.”
4 ​​Let those who fear the LORD now say,
​​“His mercy endures forever.”
​
5 ​​I called on the LORD in distress;
​​The LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.
6 ​​The LORD is on my side;
​​I will not fear.
​​What can man do to me?
7 ​​The LORD is for me among those who help me;
​​Therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me.
8 ​​It is better to trust in the LORD
​​Than to put confidence in man.
9 ​​It is better to trust in the LORD
​​Than to put confidence in princes.
​
10 ​​All nations surrounded me,
​​But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
11 ​​They surrounded me,
​​Yes, they surrounded me;
​​But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
12 ​​They surrounded me like bees;
​​They were quenched like a fire of thorns;
​​For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
13 ​​You pushed me violently, that I might fall,
​​But the LORD helped me.
14 ​​The LORD is my strength and song,
​​And He has become my salvation.[fn]
​
15 ​​The voice of rejoicing and salvation
​​Is in the tents of the righteous;
​​The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
16 ​​The right hand of the LORD is exalted;
​​The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
17 ​​I shall not die, but live,
​​And declare the works of the LORD.
18 ​​The LORD has chastened me severely,
​​But He has not given me over to death.
​
19 ​​Open to me the gates of righteousness;
​​I will go through them,
​​And I will praise the LORD.
20 ​​This is the gate of the LORD,
​​Through which the righteous shall enter.
​
21 ​​I will praise You,
​​For You have answered me,
​​And have become my salvation.
​
22 ​​The stone which the builders rejected
​​Has become the chief cornerstone.
23 ​​This was the LORD’s doing;
​​It is marvelous in our eyes.
24 ​​This is the day the LORD has made;
​​We will rejoice and be glad in it.
​
25 ​​Save now, I pray, O LORD;
​​O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity.
26 ​​Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!
​​We have blessed you from the house of the LORD.
27 ​​God is the LORD,
​​And He has given us light;
​​Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
28 ​​You are my God, and I will praise You;
​​You are my God, I will exalt You.
​
29 ​​Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
​​For His mercy endures forever.
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