1 Give thanks to the LORD for his goodness,
2Let the house of Israel now say:
3Let the house of Aaron now say:
4Let those who fear the LORD now say:
5Out of straits I called on the LORD,
6The LORD is mine; I am fearless.
7The LORD is mine, as my help:
8It is better to hide in the LORD
9It is better to hide in the LORD
10Everywhere heathen swarmed round me;
11They swarmed, swarmed around me;
12they swarmed around me like bees,
13Sore they pushed me, to make me fall;
14The LORD is my strength and my song,
15Hark! In the tents of the righteous
16the hand of the LORD is exalted,
17I shall not die: nay, I shall live,
18Though the LORD has chastened me sore,
19“Open to me the gates of victory.
20“This is the gate of the LORD:
21I thank you because you have heard me,
22The stone which the builders despised
23This has been wrought by the LORD;
24This day is the LORD’s own creation:
25O LORD, save us, we pray,
26Blessed is the one who enters
27The LORD is God,
28You are my God, I will thank you;
29Give thanks to the LORD for his goodness: