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Psalms 118

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Part of Book V📖 Psalms introduction

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1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ✦ 2Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” ✦ 3Let the house of Aaron say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” ✦ 4Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” ✦ 5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free. ✦ 6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ✦ 7The LORD is on my side; He is my helper. Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me. ✦ 8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. ✦ 9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes. ✦ 10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. ✦ 11They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. ✦ 12They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off. ✦ 13I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me. ✦ 14The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. ✦ 15Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor! ✦ 16The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!” ✦ 17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done. ✦ 18The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death. ✦ 19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD. ✦ 20This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. ✦ 21I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation. ✦ 22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ✦ 23This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes. ✦ 24This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ✦ 25O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper! ✦ 26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you. ✦ 27The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. ✦ 28You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You. ✦ 29Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 18 ·6Exod 15 ·5Ps 40 ·4Ps 107 ·41 Pet 2 ·4Ps 22 ·4Ps 56 ·4Mic 7 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 118 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

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    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

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  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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