1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is forever. 2 Let Israel now say: For he is good, for his mercy is forever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say: For his mercy is forever. 4 Let those who fear the Lord now say: For his mercy is forever. 5 In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord. And the Lord heeded me with generosity. 6 The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what man can do to me. 7 The Lord is my helper. And I will look down upon my enemies. 8 It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in man. 9 It is good to hope in the Lord, rather than to hope in leaders. 10 All the nations have surrounded me. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them. 11 Surrounding me, they closed in on me. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them. 12 They surrounded me like a swarm, and they burned like fire among the thorns. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them. 13 Having been pushed, I was overturned so as to fall. But the Lord took me up. 14 The Lord is my strength and my praise. And he has become my salvation. 15 A voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the just. 16 The right hand of the Lord has wrought virtue. The right hand of the Lord has exalted me. The right hand of the Lord has wrought virtue. 17 I will not die, but I will live. And I will declare the works of the Lord. 18 When chastising, the Lord chastised me. But he has not delivered me over to death. 19 Open the gates of justice to me. I will enter them, and I will confess to the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord. The just will enter by it. 21 I will confess to you because you have heard me. And you have become my salvation. 22 The stone which the builders have rejected, this has become the head of the corner. 23 By the Lord has this been done, and it is a wonder before our eyes. 24 This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us exult and rejoice in it. 25 O Lord, grant salvation to me. O Lord, grant good prosperity. 26 Blessed is he who arrives in the name of the Lord. We have blessed you from the house of the Lord. 27 The Lord is God, and he has enlightened us. Establish a solemn day amid a dense crowd, even to the horn of the altar. 28 You are my God, and I will confess to you. You are my God, and I will exalt you. I will confess to you, for you have heeded me. And you have become my salvation. 29 Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is forever.
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Psalm 117 (118) Catholic Public Domain Version
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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 CPDV.
- 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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(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 …