Psalm 118

Yahweh Is on My Side

¹Give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;

His loving devotion endures forever.

²Let Israel say,

“His loving devotion endures forever.”

³Let the house of Aaron say,

“His loving devotion endures forever.”

⁴Let those who fear Yahweh say,

“His loving devotion endures forever.”

⁵In my distress I called to Yahweh,

and He answered and set me free.

⁶Yahweh is on my side; I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

• PS 118:6[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → HEB 13:6

⁷Yahweh is on my side; He is my helper.

Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.

⁸It is better to take refuge in Yahweh

than to trust in man.

⁹It is better to take refuge in Yahweh

than to trust in princes.

¹⁰All the nations surrounded me,

but in the name of Yahweh I cut them off.

¹¹They surrounded me on every side,

but in the name of Yahweh I cut them off.

¹²They swarmed around me like bees,

but they were extinguished like burning thorns;

in the name of Yahweh I cut them off.

¹³I was pushed so hard I was falling,

but Yahweh helped me.

¹⁴Yahweh is my strength and my song,

and He has become my salvation.

¹⁵Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous:

“The right hand of Yahweh performs with valor!

¹⁶The right hand of Yahweh is exalted!

The right hand of Yahweh performs with valor!”

¹⁷I will not die, but I will live

and proclaim what Yahweh has done.

• PS 118:17[PROPHECY]His resurrection assured → LK 24:5-7; 1CO 15:20

¹⁸Yahweh disciplined me severely,

but He has not given me over to death.

¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness,

that I may enter and give thanks to Yahweh.

²⁰This is the gate of Yahweh;

the righteous shall enter through it.

²¹I will give You thanks, for You have answered me,

and You have become my salvation.

²²The stone the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

• PS 118:22[PROPHECY]The rejected stone becomes the chief cornerstone → MT 21:42-43; 1PE 2:4; 1PE 2:7
• PS 118:22[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MT 21:42
• PS 118:22[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MK 12:10-11
• PS 118:22[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → LK 20:17
• PS 118:22[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ACTS 4:11
• PS 118:22[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → 1PE 2:7
• PS 118:22[NOTE]THE CORNERSTONE. Jesus applied it to Himself, Matthew 21:42, and so did Peter, Acts 4:11 and 1 Peter 2:7.

²³This is from Yahweh,

and it is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day that Yahweh has made;

we will rejoice and be glad in it.

• PS 118:24[NOTABLE]Every day is a gift from God. Choose joy in it.

²⁵O Yahweh, save us, we pray.

We beseech You, O Yahweh, cause us to prosper!

• PS 118:25[PROPHECY]The crowd would cry save us, which is Hosanna → MT 21:9; JN 12:13
• PS 118:25[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MT 21:9
• PS 118:25[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MK 11:9-10
• PS 118:25[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → JN 12:13

²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh.

From the house of Yahweh we bless you.

• PS 118:26[PROPHECY]The Blessed One presented to Israel → MT 21:9
• PS 118:26[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MT 23:39
• PS 118:26[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → LK 13:35
• PS 118:26[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → LK 19:38
• PS 118:26[NOTE]HOSANNA. Save us now, 118:25. The crowds shouted these lines when Jesus rode into Jerusalem, Matthew 21:9.

²⁷Yahweh is God;

He has made His light to shine upon us.

Bind the festal sacrifice with cords

to the horns of the altar.

²⁸You are my God, and I will give You thanks.

You are my God, and I will exalt You.

²⁹Give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;

His loving devotion endures forever.