{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/psalms/118","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:43:39.420Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":118,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":117,"nextChapter":119,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. |The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!|"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I will not die, but live, and declare Yah's works."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"This is Yahweh's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh! We have blessed you out of the house of Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ALEPH"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 118 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 118](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/118)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/118 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}