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