1 Give ye thanks to Jehovah, for [he is] good; for his mercy [is] for everlasting.
2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy [is] for everlasting.
3 Let Aaron’s house now say, that his mercy [is] for everlasting.
4 Yea, let those that fear Jehovah say, that his mercy [is] for everlasting.
5 From the strait I called upon Jah: Jah answered me in a (the) large place.
6 Jehovah [is] for me: I will not fear; what can man do unto me?
7 Jehovah [is] for me among my helpers, and I shall look upon my haters.
8 [It is] better to confide in Jehovah than to trust in [the] man.
9 [It is] better to confide in Jehovah than to trust in rulers.
10 All nations compass me; in Jehovah’s name surely I will cut them off.
11 They compass me, yea they compass me; in Jehovah’s name surely I will cut them off.
12 They compass me like bees; they are quenched as a fire of thorns; in Jehovah’s name surely I will cut them off.
13 Thou didst thrust sore (thrusting) at me that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me.
14 My strength and song [is] Jah; and he is become my salvation.
15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation [is] in the tents of the righteous; Jehovah’s right hand doeth valiantly.
16 Jehovah’s right hand is exalted; Jehovah’s right hand doeth valiantly.
17 I shall not die but live and declare the works of Jah.
18 Jah hath chastened me sore, but hath not given me to (the) death.
19 Open ye to me gates of righteousness: I will enter into them; Jah will I thank.
20 This [is] the gate of (to) Jehovah; the righteous shall go into it.
21 I will give thee thanks, for thou hast answered me, and hast become my salvation.
22 The stone the builders rejected hath become (for) head of the corner.
23 From Jehovah is this; it is wonderful in our eyes.
24 This [is] the day Jehovah hath made: we will rejoice and triumph in it (or, in him).
25 Jehovah, now save, I pray; Jehovah, now prosper, I pray.
26 Blessed [be] he that cometh in Jehovah’s name; we have blessed you out of Jehovah’s house.
27 Jehovah [is] God (El) and hath given us light: bind the sacrifice (feast) with cords up to the altar’s horns.
28 Thou [art] my God (El), and I will give thee thanks: O my God, I will exalt thee.
29 O give thanks to Jehovah, for [he is] good; for his mercy [is] for everlasting.
Notes on Psalm 118
It is the end of the age which will vindicate the God of Israel. Till then appearances are adverse to His name and His people; and faith alone gains the victory unseen, which then will be manifest to every eye. All men may oppose meanwhile, and never more than at the close; Satan too may deceive and destroy as far as he can; and God may chastise right sorely but for good: Christ knew all this exceptionally, and much more than is here in view. But the end is blessing and glory, not for us only on high as we know from elsewhere, but for those who will enjoy the kingdom on earth, when it is no longer man’s but Jehovah’s day. What a blank must be in the outlook of all Christians, who leave out such a scene for the glory of the once humbled but now exalted Man! Then He shall sit on His own throne, as distinct from the Father’s, before the eternal state. It is the age to come, on which almost all prophecy converges.