📖 Psalms 118
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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good and his loyal love endures!
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Let Israel say,“Yes, his loyal love endures!”
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Let the family of Aaron say,“Yes, his loyal love endures!”
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Let the loyal followers of the LORD say,“Yes, his loyal love endures!”
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In my distress I cried out to the LORD. The LORD answered me and put me in a wide open place.
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The LORD is on my side, I am not afraid! What can people do to me?
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The LORD is on my side as my helper. I look in triumph on those who hate me.
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It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.
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It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in princes.
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All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.
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They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.
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They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.
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“You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the LORD helped me.
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The LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
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They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. The LORD’s right hand conquers,
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the LORD’s right hand gives victory, the LORD’s right hand conquers.
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I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the LORD has done.
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The LORD severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.
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Open for me the gates of the just king’s temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
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This is the LORD’s gate– the godly enter through it.
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I will give you thanks, for you answered me, and have become my deliverer.
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The stone which the builders discarded has become the cornerstone.
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This is the LORD’s work. We consider it amazing!
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This is the day the LORD has brought about. We will be happy and rejoice in it.
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Please LORD, deliver! Please LORD, grant us success!
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May the one who comes in the name of the LORD be blessed! We will pronounce blessings on you in the LORD’s temple.
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The LORD is God and he has delivered us. Tie the offering with ropes to the horns of the altar!
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You are my God and I will give you thanks! You are my God and I will praise you!
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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good and his loyal love endures!