# Psalm 118

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/118

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.

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

## Nearby chapters

[Psalm 117](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/117.md)
[Psalm 119](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/119.md)

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