Listen to Psalm 118

¹Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ²Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever. ³Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever. ⁴Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever. ⁵Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom. ⁶Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ⁷Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me. ⁸It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man. ⁹It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes. ¹⁰All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh's name I cut them off. ¹¹They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh's name I indeed cut them off. ¹²They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh's name I cut them off. ¹³You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me. ¹⁴Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. ¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. "The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly. ¹⁶The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!" ¹⁷I will not die, but live, and declare Yah's works. ¹⁸Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death. ¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah. ²⁰This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it. ²¹I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation. ²²The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ²³This is Yahweh's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! ²⁵Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now. ²⁶Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh's name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh's house. ²⁷Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar. ²⁸You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you. ²⁹Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.