Praise to God for His Everlasting Mercy

¹ Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.

² Let Israel now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
³ Let the house of Aaron now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
⁴ Let those who fear the LORD now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”

⁵ I called on the LORD in distress;
The LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.
⁶ The LORD is on my side;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
⁷ The LORD is for me among those who help me;
Therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me.
⁸ It is better to trust in the LORD
Than to put confidence in man.
⁹ It is better to trust in the LORD
Than to put confidence in princes.

¹⁰ All nations surrounded me,
But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
¹¹ They surrounded me,
Yes, they surrounded me;
But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
¹² They surrounded me like bees;
They were quenched like a fire of thorns;
For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
¹³ You pushed me violently, that I might fall,
But the LORD helped me.
¹⁴ The LORD is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.¹⁵ The voice of rejoicing and salvation
Is in the tents of the righteous;
The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
¹⁶ The right hand of the LORD is exalted;
The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
¹⁷ I shall not die, but live,
And declare the works of the LORD.
¹⁸ The LORD has chastened me severely,
But He has not given me over to death.

¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I will go through them,
And I will praise the LORD.
²⁰ This is the gate of the LORD,
Through which the righteous shall enter.

²¹ I will praise You,
For You have answered me,
And have become my salvation.

²² The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
²³ This was the LORD’s doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day the LORD has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵ Save now, I pray, O LORD;
O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity.
²⁶ Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!
We have blessed you from the house of the LORD.
²⁷ God is the LORD,
And He has given us light;
Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
²⁸ You are my God, and I will praise You;
You are my God, I will exalt You.

²⁹ Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.