{"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/ylt/psalms/118","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:29:18.068Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":118,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":117,"nextChapter":119,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I pray you, let Israel say, That, to the age is His kindness."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I pray you, let the house of Aaron say, That, to the age is His kindness."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I pray you, let those fearing Jehovah say, That, to the age is His kindness."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"From the straitness I called Jah, Jah answered me in a broad place."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Jehovah is for me, I do not fear what man doth to me."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Jehovah is for me among my helpers, And I — I look on those hating me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Better to take refuge in Jehovah, Than to trust in princes."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"All nations have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"They have compassed me about, Yea, they have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"My strength and song is Jah, And He is to me for salvation."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"A voice of singing and salvation, Is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Open ye to me gates of righteousness, I enter into them — I thank Jah."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"This is the gate to Jehovah, The righteous enter into it."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"I thank Thee, for Thou hast answered me, And art to me for salvation."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"From Jehovah hath this been, It is wonderful in our eyes,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"This is the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, save, I pray Thee, I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, prosper, I pray Thee."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Blessed is he who is coming In the name of Jehovah, We blessed you from the house of Jehovah,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"God is Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with cords, Unto the horns of the altar."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"My God Thou art, and I confess Thee, My God, I exalt Thee."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, is His kindness!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 118 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 118](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/118)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/118 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}