1 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 2 Let now the house of Israel say, that [he is] good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 3 Let now the house of Aaron say, that [he is] good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 4 Let now all that fear the Lord say, that [he is] good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 5 I called on the Lord out of affliction: and he hearkened to me, [so as to bring me] into a wide place. 6 The Lord is my helper; and I will not fear what man shall do to me. 7 The Lord is my helper; and I shall see [my desire] upon mine enemies. 8 [It is] better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man. 9 [It is] better to hope in the Lord, than to hope in princes. 10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. 11 They completely compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. 12 They compassed me about as bees [do] a honeycomb, and they burst into flame as fire among thorns: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. 13 I was thrust, and sorely shaken, that I might fall: but the Lord helped me. 14 The Lord is my strength and my song, and is become my salvation. 15 The voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord has wrought mightily. 16 The right hand of the Lord has exalted me: the right hand of the Lord has wrought powerfully. 17 I shall not die, but live, and recount the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord has chastened me sore: but he has not given me up to death. 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter by it. 21 I will give thanks to thee; because thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. 22 The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner. 23 This has been done of the Lord; and it is wonderful in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord has made: let us exult and rejoice in it. 25 O Lord, save now: O Lord, send now prosperity. 26 Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. 27 God is the Lord, and he has shined upon us: celebrate the feast with thick [branches, binding the victims] even to the horns of the altar. 28 Thou art my God, and I will give thee thanks: thou art my God, and I will exalt thee. I will give thanks to thee, for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. 29 Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy [endures] for ever.
Psalms · Brenton's English Septuagint
Psalm 117 (118) Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (3)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Brenton.
- 1 1 Chronicles 16:34; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 106:1; Jeremiah 33:11; Psalm 118:29
- 2 Psalm 115:9–11; Psalm 145:10; Psalm 135:19–20; Psalm 147:19–20; 1 Peter 2:9–10
- 3 Psalm 134:1–3; Revelation 5:8–10; Revelation 4:7–11; Revelation 1:6; 1 Peter 2:5
- 4 Psalm 22:23; Revelation 19:5
- 5 Psalm 18:19; Psalm 18:6; Psalm 120:1; Psalm 107:19; Psalm 130:1–2
- 6 Hebrews 13:6; Romans 8:31; Psalm 56:4; Psalm 56:11; Micah 7:8–10
- 7 Psalm 59:10; Psalm 54:4; Psalm 54:7; Psalm 55:18; Psalm 92:11
- 8 Psalm 40:4; Jeremiah 17:5–7; Psalm 62:8–9; Micah 7:5–7
- 9 Psalm 146:3–5; Ezekiel 29:7; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 30:2–3; Isaiah 31:8
- 10 Psalm 88:17; Revelation 20:8–9; Psalm 18:40; 2 Samuel 10:1–19; Zechariah 14:1–3
- 11 Psalm 88:17; Psalm 22:12–16; 1 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 19:10
- 12 Deuteronomy 1:44; 1 Samuel 17:45; Psalm 20:5; Ecclesiastes 7:6; Psalm 20:1
- 13 Psalm 140:4; Psalm 86:17; Micah 7:8; Psalm 18:17–18; Matthew 4:1–11
- 14 Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 27:1; Exodus 15:2–6; Matthew 1:21–23
- 15 Psalm 89:13; Acts 2:46–47; Psalm 60:12; Psalm 98:1; Exodus 15:6
- 16 Exodus 15:6; Acts 2:32–36
- 17 John 11:4; Psalm 71:17–18; Isaiah 38:16–20; Psalm 6:5; Psalm 73:28
- 18 1 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Corinthians 6:9; Job 5:17–18; Proverbs 3:11–12; Psalm 94:12–13
- 19 Isaiah 26:2; Revelation 22:14; Psalm 9:13–14; Psalm 100:4; Isaiah 38:22
- 20 Revelation 21:24–27; Isaiah 26:2; Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:9; Psalm 24:3–4
- 21 Psalm 116:1; Exodus 15:2; Psalm 118:14; Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 12:2
- 22 Luke 20:17; Matthew 21:42; 1 Peter 2:4–8; Acts 4:11; Mark 12:10–11
- 23 Job 5:9; Ephesians 1:19–22; Acts 13:41; Acts 4:13; Acts 5:31–32
- 24 Psalm 84:10; Isaiah 58:13; Nehemiah 8:10; 2 Chronicles 20:26–28; 1 Kings 8:66
- 25 Psalm 90:17; Psalm 69:13; Psalm 20:9; Psalm 22:21; Psalm 69:1
- 26 Luke 19:38; Matthew 21:9; John 12:13; Matthew 23:39; Mark 11:9–10
- 27 Psalm 18:28; John 8:12; 1 Peter 2:9; Esther 8:16; Isaiah 60:1
- 28 Isaiah 25:1; Psalm 146:2; Exodus 15:2; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 25:9
- 29 Ezra 3:11; Psalm 118:1; Psalm 103:17; Isaiah 63:7
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 118.
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
(ver. 1). These are the courts of the Lord's house, this all His people, this the true Jerusalem. Let those rather listen who have refused to be the children of this city, since they have cut themselves off from the communion of all nations.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… which is set open for the attainment of life, as it is written, "Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go in by them, and will praise the Lord: this is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter in by it." Although, therefore, many gates have been set open, yet this gate of righteousness is that …
… understand that all the prophets announced His two advents: the one, indeed, in which He became a man subject to stripes, and knowing what it is to bear infirmity, and sat upon the foal of an ass, and was a stone rejected by the builders, and was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and by the stretching forth of …
… delude her in those visions and the answers she had from Thee,--some of which I have spoken of, and others not, --which she kept in her faithful breast, and, always petitioning, pressed upon Thee as Thine autograph. For Thou, "because Thy mercy endureth for ever," condescendest to those whose debts Thou hast pardoned, to become likewise a debtor by Thy …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For thus saith the holy Word: "The Lord hath severely chastened me, yet hath not given me over to death." "For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." "The righteous," saith it, "shall chasten me in mercy, and reprove me; but let not the oil of sinners make fat my head." And again he …