Psalm 118

Tell God that you thank him very much for the good things he has done for you! He faithfully loves us, his people, forever.

You Israelite people should repeatedly shout, "He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!"

You priests who are descendants of Aaron should repeatedly shout, "He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!"

All you who revere him should repeatedly shout, "He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!"

When I was distressed, I called out to God, and he answered me and set me free from my worries.

God is on my side, so I will not be afraid of anything. No one can do anything that will prevent God from blessing me forever.

Yes, God is on my side, so I will look triumphantly at my enemies while he defeats them.

It is better to trust in God than to depend on people.

It is better to trust God to protect us than to trust that influential people will protect us.

Armies of many nations surrounded us, but God enabled us to defeat them by his power.

They completely surrounded us, but we defeated them all by God's power.

They swarmed around me like angry bees; they were like a fire that flares up in a thornbush, but we defeated them by God's power.

Our enemies attacked us fiercely and almost defeated us, but God helped us.

God is the one who makes me strong, and he is the one about whom I always sing; he has saved us from my enemies.

Listen to the joyful songs of victory being sung in the tents of the people who honor God! They sing, "God has defeated our enemies by his mighty power;

he has raised his strong right arm to show he is happy over defeating his enemies. God has completely defeated them!"

I will not be killed in battle; I will live to proclaim the great things that God has done.

God has punished me severely, but he has not allowed me to die.

You gatekeepers, open for me the gates of the temple so that I may enter and thank God.

Those are the gates through which we enter the temple to worship God; those who honor God enter through those gates.

God, I thank you that you answered my prayer and that you saved me from my enemies.

God's chosen king is like a stone that the builders rejected when they were building a house, but that stone became the cornerstone.

This was done by God, and it is a wonderful thing for us to see.

This is the day on which we remember that God acted powerfully to defeat our enemies; we will rejoice and be glad today.

God, we plead with you to keep rescuing us from our enemies. God, please help us accomplish what we want to do.

God, bless the one who will come with your power. From the temple we bless all of you.

God is God, and he has caused his light to come to us. Come, bring the animal sacrifice and tie it to the horns of the altar.

God, you are the God whom I worship, and I will praise you! You are my God, and I will tell everyone that you are great!

Thank God because he does good things for us! He will faithfully love us forever as he has promised.