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¹ Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good
and his loyal love endures!
² Let Israel say,
"Yes, his loyal love endures!"
³ Let the family of Aaron say,
"Yes, his loyal love endures!"
⁴ Let the loyal followers of the Lord say,
"Yes, his loyal love endures!"
⁵ In my distress I cried out to the Lord.
The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.
⁶ The Lord is on my side, I am not afraid!
What can people do to me?
⁷ The Lord is on my side as my helper.
I look in triumph on those who hate me.
⁸ It is better to take shelter in the Lord
than to trust in people.
⁹ It is better to take shelter in the Lord
than to trust in princes.
¹⁰ All the nations surrounded me.
Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.
¹¹ They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me.
Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.
¹² They surrounded me like bees.
But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns.
Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.
¹³ "You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down,
but the Lord helped me.
¹⁴ The Lord gives me strength and protects me;
he has become my deliverer."
¹⁵ They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly.
The Lord's right hand conquers,
¹⁶ the Lord's right hand gives victory,
the Lord's right hand conquers.
¹⁷ I will not die, but live,
and I will proclaim what the Lord has done.
¹⁸ The Lord severely punished me,
but he did not hand me over to death.
¹⁹ Open for me the gates of the just king's temple!
I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
²⁰ This is the Lord's gate—
the godly enter through it.
²¹ I will give you thanks, for you answered me,
and have become my deliverer.
²² The stone which the builders discarded
has become the cornerstone.
²³ This is the Lord's work.
We consider it amazing!
²⁴ This is the day the Lord has brought about.
We will be happy and rejoice in it.
²⁵ Please Lord, deliver!
Please Lord, grant us success!
²⁶ May the one who comes in the name of the Lord be blessed!
We will pronounce blessings on you in the Lord's temple.
²⁷ The Lord is God and he has delivered us.
Tie the offering with ropes
to the horns of the altar!
²⁸ You are my God and I will give you thanks!
You are my God and I will praise you!
²⁹ Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good
and his loyal love endures!