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: