• 1. ¶ O GIVE thanks to the LORD; for he is good and his mercy endures for ever.
  • 2. Let Israel now say that his mercy endures for ever.
  • 3. Let the house of Aaron now say that his mercy endures for ever.
  • 4. Let them that worship the LORD say that his mercy endures for ever.
  • 5. Out of my distress I called upon the LORD; the LORD answered me and relieved me.
  • 6. The LORD is my help, I will not fear; what can man do to me?
  • 7. The LORD is my helper; therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
  • 8. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
  • 9. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
  • 10. All nations surrounded me; but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
  • 11. They surrounded me; yea, they surrounded me; but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
  • 12. They surrounded me like hornets; they are quenched like the fire of stubble; for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
  • 13. I have been repelled that I might be overthrown and fall; but the LORD helped me.
  • 14. The LORD is my strength and song, and has become my salvation.
  • 15. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
  • 16. The right hand of the LORD has exalted me; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
  • 17. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
  • 18. The LORD has chastened me severely; but he has not given me over to death.
  • 19. ¶ Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD.
  • 20. This is the gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
  • 21. I will give thanks to thee; for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
  • 22. The stone which the builders rejected has become the headstone of the corner.
  • 23. This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
  • 24. This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
  • 25. Save me, O LORD; O LORD, deliver me.
  • 26. Blessed be he that comes in the name of the LORD; we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
  • 27. O LORD, our God, enlighten us; bind our festival processions as an unbroken chain, even to the horns of the altar.
  • 28. Thou art my God, and I will give thanks to thee; thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
  • 29. O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.