The LORD Is on My Side

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;

His loving devotion endures forever.

²Let Israel^a say,

“His loving devotion endures forever.”

³Let the house of Aaron say,

“His loving devotion endures forever.”

⁴Let those who fear the LORD say,

“His loving devotion endures forever.”

⁵In my distress I called to the LORD,

and He answered and set me free.

⁶The LORD is on my side;^b I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?^c

⁷The LORD 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 the LORD

than to trust in man.

⁹It is better to take refuge in the LORD

than to trust in princes.

¹⁰All the nations surrounded me,

but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

¹¹They surrounded me on every side,

but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

¹²They swarmed around me like bees,

but they were extinguished like burning thorns;

in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

¹³I was pushed so hard I was falling,

but the LORD helped me.

¹⁴The LORD 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 the LORD performs with valor!

¹⁶The right hand of the LORD is exalted!

The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”

¹⁷I will not die, but I will live

and proclaim what the LORD has done.

¹⁸The LORD 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 the LORD.

²⁰This is the gate of the LORD;

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.^d

²³This is from the LORD,

and it is marvelous in our eyes.^e

²⁴This is the day that the LORD has made;

we will rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵O LORD, save us, we pray.^f

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

²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD.^g

From the house of the LORD we bless you.

²⁷The LORD is God;

He has made His light to shine upon us.

Bind the festal sacrifice with cords

to the horns of the altar.^h

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

You are my God, and I will exalt You.

²⁹Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;

His loving devotion endures forever.