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Psalm 118 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Psa 118:1O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures for ever!
Psa 118:2Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures for ever."
Psa 118:3Let the house of Aaron say, "His steadfast love endures for ever."
Psa 118:4Let those who fear the LORD say, "His steadfast love endures for ever."
Psa 118:5Out of my distress I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me free.
Psa 118:6With the LORD on my side I do not fear. What can man do to me?
Psa 118:7The LORD is on my side to help me; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.
Psa 118:8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Psa 118:9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
Psa 118:10All nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
Psa 118:11They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
Psa 118:12They surrounded me like bees, they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
Psa 118:13I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
Psa 118:14The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
Psa 118:15Hark, glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD does valiantly,
Psa 118:16the right hand of the LORD is exalted, the right hand of the LORD does valiantly!"
Psa 118:17I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD.
Psa 118:18The LORD has chastened me sorely, but he has not given me over to death.
Psa 118:19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
Psa 118:20This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
Psa 118:21I thank thee that thou hast answered me and hast become my salvation.
Psa 118:22The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
Psa 118:23This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
Psa 118:24This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psa 118:25Save us, we beseech thee, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech thee, give us success!
Psa 118:26Blessed be he who enters in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD.
Psa 118:27The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar!
Psa 118:28Thou art my God, and I will give thanks to thee; thou art my God, I will extol thee.
Psa 118:29O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!
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