{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">Psalms<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 118<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"1\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,1,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">1<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is forever.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,2,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Let Israel now say: For he is good, for his mercy is forever.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,3,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Let the house of Aaron now say: For his mercy is forever.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,4,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Let those who fear the Lord now say: For his mercy is forever.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,5,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord. And the Lord heeded me with generosity.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,6,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what man can do to me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,7,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The Lord is my helper. And I will look down upon my enemies.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,8,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in man.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,9,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">It is good to hope in the Lord, rather than to hope in leaders.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,10,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">All the nations have surrounded me. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,11,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Surrounding me, they closed in on me. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,12,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They surrounded me like a swarm, and they burned like fire among the thorns. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,13,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Having been pushed, I was overturned so as to fall. But the Lord took me up.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,14,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The Lord is my strength and my praise. And he has become my salvation.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,15,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">A voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the just.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,16,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The right hand of the Lord has wrought virtue. The right hand of the Lord has exalted me. The right hand of the Lord has wrought virtue.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,17,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I will not die, but I will live. And I will declare the works of the Lord.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,18,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">When chastising, the Lord chastised me. But he has not delivered me over to death.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,19,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Open the gates of justice to me. I will enter them, and I will confess to the Lord.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,20,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">This is the gate of the Lord. The just will enter by it.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,21,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I will confess to you because you have heard me. And you have become my salvation.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,22,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The stone which the builders have rejected, this has become the head of the corner.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,23,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">By the Lord has this been done, and it is a wonder before our eyes.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"24\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,24,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">24<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us exult and rejoice in it.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"25\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,25,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">25<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">O Lord, grant salvation to me. O Lord, grant good prosperity.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"26\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,26,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">26<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Blessed is he who arrives in the name of the Lord. We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"27\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,27,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">27<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The Lord is God, and he has enlightened us. Establish a solemn day amid a dense crowd, even to the horn of the altar.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"28\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,28,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">28<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">You are my God, and I will confess to you. You are my God, and I will exalt you. I will confess to you, for you have heeded me. And you have become my salvation.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"29\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,29,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">29<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is forever.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/cpdv\/1\/19\/117\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/cpdv\/1\/19\/119\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"Psalms, Chapter 118 — Catholic Public Domain Version","book_title":"Psalms","toolbar_title":"Psalms — Ch. 118","prev_url":"\/cpdv\/1\/19\/117","next_url":"\/cpdv\/1\/19\/119","tid":1,"book_id":19,"chapter":118,"num_chapters":150,"trans":"CPDV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Psalms","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/cpdv\/1\/19\/118","meta_desc":"Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is forever. 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