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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; For His mercy is everlasting. ✦ 2Let Israel say, “His mercy is everlasting.” ✦ 3Oh let the house of Aaron say, “His mercy is everlasting.” ✦ 4Let those who fear the Lord say, “His mercy is everlasting.” ✦ 5¶From my distress I called upon the Lord; The Lord answered me and put me in an open space. ✦ 6The Lord is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me? ✦ 7The Lord is for me among those who help me; Therefore I will look with satisfaction on those who hate me. ✦ 8It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in people. ✦ 9It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in noblemen. ✦ 10¶All nations surrounded me; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off. ✦ 11They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off. ✦ 12They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished like a fire of thorn bushes; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off. ✦ 13You pushed me violently so that I was falling, But the Lord helped me. ✦ 14The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. ✦ 15¶The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord performs valiantly. ✦ 16The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord performs valiantly. ✦ 17I will not die, but live, And tell of the works of the Lord. ✦ 18The Lord has disciplined me severely, But He has not turned me over to death. ✦ 19¶Open the gates of righteousness to me; I will enter through them, I will give thanks to the Lord. ✦ 20This is the gate of the Lord; The righteous will enter through it. ✦ 21I will give thanks to You, for You have answered me, And You have become my salvation. ✦ 22¶A stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. ✦ 23This came about from the Lord; It is marvelous in our eyes. ✦ 24This is the day which the Lord has made; Let’s rejoice and be glad in it. ✦ 25Please, O Lord, do save us; Please, O Lord, do send prosperity! ✦ 26Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord; We have blessed you from the house of the Lord. ✦ 27The Lord is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice to the horns of the altar with cords. ✦ 28You are my God, and I give thanks to You; You are my God, I exalt You. ✦ 29Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His mercy is everlasting. ✦

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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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