The LORD Is on My Side

1(117:1) Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

2(117:2) Let now the house of Israel say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

3(117:3) Let now the house of Aaron say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

4(117:4) Let now all that fear the Lord say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

5(117:5) I called on the Lord out of affliction: and he hearkened to me, so as to bring me into a wide place.

6(117:6) The Lord is my helper; and I will not fear what man shall do to me.

7(117:7) The Lord is my helper; and I shall see my desire upon mine enemies.

8(117:8) It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man.

9(117:9) It is better to hope in the Lord, than to hope in princes.

10(117:10) All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.

11(117:11) They completely compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.

12(117:12) They compassed me about as bees do a honeycomb, and they burst into flame as fire among thorns: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.

13(117:13) I was thrust, and sorely shaken, that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.

14(117:14) The Lord is my strength and my song, and is become my salvation.

15(117:15) The voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord has wrought mightily.

16(117:16) The right hand of the Lord has exalted me: the right hand of the Lord has wrought powerfully.

17(117:17) I shall not die, but live, and recount the works of the Lord.

18(117:18) The Lord has chastened me sore: but he has not given me up to death.

19(117:19) Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord.

20(117:20) This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter by it.

21(117:21) I will give thanks to thee; because thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

22(117:22) The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner.

23(117:23) This has been done of the Lord; and it is wonderful in our eyes.

24(117:24) This is the day which the Lord has made: let us exult and rejoice in it.

25(117:25) O Lord, save now: O Lord, send now prosperity.

26(117:26) Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

27(117:27) God is the Lord, and he has shined upon us: celebrate the feast with thick branches, binding the victims even to the horns of the altar.

28(117:28) Thou art my God, and I will give thee thanks: thou art my God, and I will exalt thee. I will give thanks to thee, for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

29(117:29) Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.