{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Book of Psalms<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 118<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,118,1,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">O<\/span> give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.<\/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, that his mercy endureth for ever.<\/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, that his mercy endureth for ever.<\/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 them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.<\/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\">I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.<\/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 on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto 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 taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.<\/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 better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence 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 better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.<\/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 nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy 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\">They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy 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 compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy 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\">Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.<\/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 song, and is 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\">The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.<\/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 is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.<\/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 shall not die, but live, and 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\">The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto 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 to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise 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 gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.<\/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 praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art 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 refused is become the head stone 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\">This is the LORD&#039;s doing; it is marvellous in 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 which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad 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\">Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now 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 be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of 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\">God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns 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\">Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.<\/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\">O give thanks unto the LORD; 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