Lumin Translation
Psalm 118
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1Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
2Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”
3Let the house of Aaron say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”
4Let those who fear Yahweh say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”
5From my distress I called on Yah; Yah answered me and set me in a broad place.
6Yahweh is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can a human being do to me?
7Yahweh is on my side as my helper; I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
8It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in human beings.
9It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in princes.
10All the nations surrounded me; in the name of Yahweh I cut them down.
11They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me on every side; in the name of Yahweh I cut them down.
12They surrounded me like bees; they were snuffed out like a fire of thorns; in the name of Yahweh I cut them down.
13You pushed me hard so that I would fall, but Yahweh helped me.
14Yah is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
15Shouts of joy and victory sound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!
16The right hand of Yahweh is lifted high; the right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”
17I will not die, but I will live and tell what Yah has done.
18Yah has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
19Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will enter through them and give thanks to Yah.
20This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter through it.
21I will give you thanks, for you have answered me and have become my salvation.
22The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
23This has come from Yahweh; it is marvelous in our eyes.
24This is the day that Yahweh has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
25Please, Yahweh, save us! Please, Yahweh, give us success!
26Blessed is the one who comes in the name of Yahweh! We bless you from the house of Yahweh.
27Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festival 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 Yahweh, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
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Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.