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¹ Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good,
for his loyal love is forever.
² Let Israel say,
"His loyal love is forever."
³ Let the house of Aaron say,
"His loyal love is forever."
⁴ Let those who fear Yahweh say,
"His loyal love is forever."
⁵ Out of my distress I called to Yah.^[a]
Yah answered me, setting me in a broad place.
⁶ Yahweh is for me; I do not fear.
What can mere humans^[b] do to me?
⁷ Yahweh is for me as my helper,
and so I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
⁸ It is better to take refuge in Yahweh
than to trust in humans.^[c]
9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh
than to trust princes.
¹⁰ All nations surrounded me.
In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.
¹¹ They surrounded me; yes, they surrounded me.
In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.
¹² They surrounded me like bees;
they were extinguished like a fire of thorns.
In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.
¹³ You pushed me hard^[d] to make me fall,
but Yahweh helped me.
¹⁴ Yah^[e] is my strength and my song,^[f]
and he has become my salvation.^[g]
15 The sound of rejoicing and salvation^[h]
is in the tents of the righteous;
the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly.
¹⁶ The right hand of Yahweh has exalted;
the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly.
¹⁷ I will not die but live,
and tell of the works of Yah.^[i]
18 Yah has disciplined me severely,
but he did not consign^[j] me to death.
¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to Yah.^[k]
20 This is the gate of Yahweh,
through which the righteous will enter.
²¹ I will give thanks to you for you have answered me,
and you have become my salvation.^[l]
22 The stone the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.
²³ This is from Yahweh;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day Yahweh has worked;^[m]
let us rejoice and be glad in him.^[n]
25 O Yahweh, please save;
O Yahweh, please grant success.
²⁶ Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh.
We bless you^[o] from the house^[p] of Yahweh.
²⁷ Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.^[q]
Bind the festal sacrifice^[r] with cords^[s]
to the horns^[t] of the altar.
²⁸ You are my God, and I will give thanks to you.
You are my God; I will exalt you.
²⁹ Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good,
for his loyal love is forever.