✧Give thanks to the LORD, 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 the LORD say that his loving kindness endures forever. ✧5Out of my distress, I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me with freedom. ✧6The LORD is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ✧7The LORD 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 the LORD, than to put confidence in man. ✧9It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in princes. ✧10All the nations surrounded me, but in the LORD’s name I cut them off. ✧11They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the LORD’s name I indeed cut them off. ✧12They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the LORD’s name I cut them off. ✧13You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but the LORD helped me. ✧14The LORD 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 the LORD does valiantly. ✧16The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD does valiantly!” ✧17I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works. ✧18The LORD 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 the LORD. ✧20This is the gate of the LORD; 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 the LORD’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. ✧24This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! ✧25Save us now, we beg you, LORD! LORD, we beg you, send prosperity now. ✧26Blessed is he who comes in the LORD’s name! We have blessed you out of the LORD’s house. ✧27The LORD 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 the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.