Psalm Chapter 117 and Psalm Chapter 118

Praise and Thanksgiving: Psalms 117 and 118

The script presents the full text of Psalm 117 and Psalm 118. Psalm 117 calls all nations and peoples to praise the Lord for his great merciful kindness and enduring truth. Psalm 118 gives thanks to the Lord for his goodness and everlasting mercy, invites Israel, the house of Aaron, and those who fear the Lord to repeat that mercy endures forever, and recounts calling on the Lord in distress and being answered. It contrasts trusting in the Lord with trusting in man or princes, describes being surrounded by nations yet prevailing in the Lord’s name, and affirms the Lord as strength, song, and salvation. The psalm speaks of rejoicing among the righteous, being chastened but not given over to death, and entering the gates of righteousness to praise the Lord. It includes the declaration that the rejected stone has become the cornerstone, rejoices in the day the Lord has made, asks the Lord to save and send prosperity, blesses the one who comes in the Lord’s name, and ends with worship, sacrifice at the altar, and repeated thanksgiving for the Lord’s enduring mercy.

00:00 Psalm 117 — A Call for All Nations to Praise
00:21 Psalm 118 Begins — Give Thanks for Enduring Mercy
00:40 Help in Distress — The Lord on My Side
01:08 Surrounded by Enemies — Victory in the Name of the Lord
01:32 Strength, Song, and Salvation — Rejoicing in God’s Deliverance
02:01 Gates of Righteousness — Entering to Praise
02:15 Cornerstone & The Day the Lord Has Made
02:29 Save Now & Blessing in the Lord’s Name
02:46 Final Thanksgiving — Praise and Exalt the Lord

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Psalm 117 O praise the Lord, all ye
nations: praise him, all ye people.

For his merciful kindness is
great toward us: and the truth

of the Lord endureth for ever.

Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 118

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is
good: because his mercy endureth for ever.

Let Israel now say, that
his mercy endureth for ever.

the house of Aaron now say, that
his mercy endureth for ever.

Let them now that fear the Lord say,
that his mercy endureth for ever.

I called upon the Lord in
distress: the Lord answered me,

and set me in a large place.

The Lord is on my side; I will
not fear: what can man do unto me?

The Lord taketh my part with them
that help me: therefore shall I see

my desire upon them that hate me.

It is better to trust in the Lord
than to put confidence in man.

It is better to trust in the Lord
than to put confidence in princes.

All nations compassed me about: but in
the name of the Lord will I destroy them.

They compassed me about; yea, they
compassed me about: but in the name

of the Lord I will destroy them.

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.

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I
might fall: but the Lord helped me.

The Lord is my strength and
song, and is become my salvation.

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is
in the tabernacles of the righteous: the

right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.

the right hand of the Lord doeth

valiantly.

I shall not die, but live, and
declare the works of the Lord.

The Lord hath chastened me sore: but
he hath not given me over unto death.

Open to me the gates of
righteousness: I will go into

them, and I will praise the Lord:

This gate of the Lord, into
which the righteous shall enter.

I will praise thee: for thou hast
heard me, and art become my salvation.

The stone which the builders refused
is become the head stone of the corner.

This is the Lord's doing; it
is marvellous in our eyes.

This is the day which the Lord hath
made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord,
I beseech thee, send now prosperity.

Blessed be he that cometh in the
name of the Lord: we have blessed

you out of the house of the Lord.

God is the Lord, which hath shewed us
light: bind the sacrifice with cords,

even unto the horns of the altar.

Thou art my God, and I will praise thee:
thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is
good: for his mercy endureth for ever.