Psalm 118:19-29

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness,
    that I may enter through them
    and give thanks to the Lord.^(A)

²⁰ This is the gate of the Lord;
    the righteous shall enter through it.^(B)

²¹ I thank you that you have answered me
    and have become my salvation.^(C)
22 The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the chief cornerstone.^(D)
23 This is the Lord’s doing;
    it is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day that the Lord has made;
    let us rejoice and be glad in it.^[a]
25 Save us, we beseech you, O Lord!
    O Lord, we beseech you, give us success!

²⁶ Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.^[b]
    We bless you from the house of the Lord.^(E)
27 The Lord is God,
    and he has given us light.
Bind the festal procession with branches,
    up to the horns of the altar.^[c](F)

²⁸ You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
    you are my God; I will extol you.^(G)

²⁹ O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
    for his steadfast love endures forever.^(H)