Psalm 118 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man.

² It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in princes.

³ 0 All nations compassed me about; and in the name of the Lord I have been revenged on them.

⁴ 1 Surrounding me they compassed me about: and in the name of the Lord I have been revenged on them.

⁵ 2 They surrounded me like bees, and they burned like fire among thorns: and in the name of the Lord I was revenged on them

⁶ 3 Being pushed I was overturned that I might fall: but the Lord supported me.

⁷ 4 The Lord is my strength and my praise: and he is become my salvation.

⁸ 5 The voice of rejoicing and of salvation is in the tabernacles of the just.

⁹ 6 The right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength: the right hand of the Lord hath exulted me: the right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength.

¹⁰ 7 I shall not die, but live: and shall declare the works of the Lord.

¹¹ 8 The Lord chastising hath chastised me: but he hath not delivered me over to death.

¹² 9 Open ye to me the gates of justice: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord.

¹³ 0 This is the gate of the Lord, the just shall enter into it.

¹⁴ 1 I will give glory to thee because thou hast heard me: and art become my salvation.

¹⁵ 2 The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner.

¹⁶ 3 This is the Lord's doing: and it is wonderful in our eyes.

¹⁷ 4 This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice therein.

¹⁸ 5 O Lord, save me: O Lord, give good success.

¹⁹ 6 Blessed be he that cometh in the name Lord. We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

²⁰ 7 The Lord is God, and he hath shone upon us. Appoint a solemn day, with shady boughs, even to the horn of the alter.

²¹ 8 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, and I will exalt thee. I will praise thee, because thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

²² 9 O praise ye the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

²³ Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

²⁴ Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.

²⁵ For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.

²⁶ Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.

²⁷ O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.

²⁸ Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.

²⁹ I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.