Psalm 118:1
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A Song of Victory
118 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his steadfast love endures for ever!
Psalm 118:14-15
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
14 The Lord is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.
15 Hark, glad songs of victory
in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly,
Psalm 118:16-18
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
16 the right hand of the Lord is exalted,
the right hand of the Lord does valiantly!”
17 I shall not die, but I shall live,
and recount the deeds of the Lord.
18 The Lord has chastened me sorely,
but he has not given me over to death.
Psalm 118:19-21
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.
20 This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous shall enter through it.
21 I thank thee that thou hast answered me
and hast become my salvation.
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