Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 118 - New King James Version (2024)

Praise to God for His Everlasting Mercy

118Oh, ^(A)give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
^(B)For His mercy endures forever.

^2(C)Let Israel now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
³Let the house of Aaron now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
⁴Let those who fear the Lord now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”

^5(D)I called on the Lord in distress;
The Lord answered me and ^(E)set me in a broad place.
^6(F)The Lord is on my side;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
^7(G)The Lord is for me among those who help me;
Therefore ^(H)I shall see my desire on those who hate me.
^8(I)It is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in man.
^9(J)It is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in princes.

¹⁰All nations surrounded me,
But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
¹¹They ^(K)surrounded me,
Yes, they surrounded me;
But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
¹²They surrounded me ^(L)like bees;
They were quenched ^(M)like a fire of thorns;
For in the name of the Lord I will ^[a]destroy them.
¹³You pushed me violently, that I might fall,
But the Lord helped me.
^14(N)The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.

¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation
Is in the tents of the righteous;
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
^16(O)The right hand of the Lord is exalted;
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
^17(P)I shall not die, but live,
And ^(Q)declare the works of the Lord.
¹⁸The Lord has ^(R)chastened^[b] me severely,
But He has not given me over to death.

^19(S)Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I will go through them,
And I will praise the Lord.
^20(T)This is the gate of the Lord,
^(U)Through which the righteous shall enter.

²¹I will praise You,
For You have ^(V)answered me,
And have become my salvation.

^22(W)The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
^23[c]This was the Lord’s doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵Save now, I pray, O Lord;
O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity.
^26(X)Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.
²⁷God is the Lord,
And He has given us ^(Y)light;
Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
²⁸You are my God, and I will praise You;
^(Z)You are my God, I will exalt You.

²⁹Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.