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Psalm 117 (118) Clementine Vulgate

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 118 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)

Psalm 117 in VUL = Psalm 118 in WEB.

VUL Clementine Vulgate
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Alleluja. [Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus, quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus.
118:1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
2 Dicat nunc Israël: Quoniam bonus, quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus.
118:2 Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
3 Dicat nunc domus Aaron: Quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus.
118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
4 Dicant nunc qui timent Dominum: Quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus.
118:4 Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.
5 De tribulatione invocavi Dominum, et exaudivit me in latitudine Dominus.
118:5 Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
6 Dominus mihi adjutor; non timebo quid faciat mihi homo.
118:6 Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
7 Dominus mihi adjutor, et ego despiciam inimicos meos.
118:7 Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
8 Bonum est confidere in Domino, quam confidere in homine.
118:8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
9 Bonum est sperare in Domino, quam sperare in principibus.
118:9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.
10 Omnes gentes circuierunt me, et in nomine Domini, quia ultus sum in eos.
118:10 All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name I cut them off.
11 Circumdantes circumdederunt me, et in nomine Domini, quia ultus sum in eos.
118:11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off.
12 Circumdederunt me sicut apes, et exarserunt sicut ignis in spinis: et in nomine Domini, quia ultus sum in eos.
118:12 They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.
13 Impulsus eversus sum, ut caderem, et Dominus suscepit me.
118:13 You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.
14 Fortitudo mea et laus mea Dominus, et factus est mihi in salutem.
118:14 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
15 Vox exsultationis et salutis in tabernaculis justorum.
118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
16 Dextera Domini fecit virtutem; dextera Domini exaltavit me: dextera Domini fecit virtutem.
118:16 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”
17 Non moriar, sed vivam, et narrabo opera Domini.
118:17 I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.
18 Castigans castigavit me Dominus, et morti non tradidit me.
118:18 Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
19 Aperite mihi portas justitiæ: ingressus in eas confitebor Domino.
118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.
20 Hæc porta Domini: justi intrabunt in eam.
118:20 This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.
21 Confitebor tibi quoniam exaudisti me, et factus es mihi in salutem.
118:21 I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.
22 Lapidem quem reprobaverunt ædificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli.
118:22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
23 A Domino factum est istud, et est mirabile in oculis nostris.
118:23 This is Yahweh’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.
24 Hæc est dies quam fecit Dominus; exsultemus, et lætemur in ea.
118:24 This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
25 O Domine, salvum me fac; o Domine, bene prosperare.
118:25 Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.
26 Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini: benediximus vobis de domo Domini.
118:26 Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.
27 Deus Dominus, et illuxit nobis. Constituite diem solemnem in condensis, usque ad cornu altaris.
118:27 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
28 Deus meus es tu, et confitebor tibi; Deus meus es tu, et exaltabo te. Confitebor tibi quoniam exaudisti me, et factus es mihi in salutem.
118:28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
29 Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus, quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus.]
118:29 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
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 VUL.

  1. 1 1 Chronicles 16:34; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 106:1; Jeremiah 33:11; Psalm 118:29
  2. 2 Psalm 115:9–11; Psalm 145:10; Psalm 135:19–20; Psalm 147:19–20; 1 Peter 2:9–10
  3. 3 Psalm 134:1–3; Revelation 5:8–10; Revelation 4:7–11; Revelation 1:6; 1 Peter 2:5
  4. 4 Psalm 22:23; Revelation 19:5
  5. 5 Psalm 18:19; Psalm 18:6; Psalm 120:1; Psalm 107:19; Psalm 130:1–2
  6. 6 Hebrews 13:6; Romans 8:31; Psalm 56:4; Psalm 56:11; Micah 7:8–10
  7. 7 Psalm 59:10; Psalm 54:4; Psalm 54:7; Psalm 55:18; Psalm 92:11
  8. 8 Psalm 40:4; Jeremiah 17:5–7; Psalm 62:8–9; Micah 7:5–7
  9. 9 Psalm 146:3–5; Ezekiel 29:7; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 30:2–3; Isaiah 31:8
  10. 10 Psalm 88:17; Revelation 20:8–9; Psalm 18:40; 2 Samuel 10:1–19; Zechariah 14:1–3
  11. 11 Psalm 88:17; Psalm 22:12–16; 1 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 19:10
  12. 12 Deuteronomy 1:44; 1 Samuel 17:45; Psalm 20:5; Ecclesiastes 7:6; Psalm 20:1
  13. 13 Psalm 140:4; Psalm 86:17; Micah 7:8; Psalm 18:17–18; Matthew 4:1–11
  14. 14 Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 27:1; Exodus 15:2–6; Matthew 1:21–23
  15. 15 Psalm 89:13; Acts 2:46–47; Psalm 60:12; Psalm 98:1; Exodus 15:6
  16. 16 Exodus 15:6; Acts 2:32–36
  17. 17 John 11:4; Psalm 71:17–18; Isaiah 38:16–20; Psalm 6:5; Psalm 73:28
  18. 18 1 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Corinthians 6:9; Job 5:17–18; Proverbs 3:11–12; Psalm 94:12–13
  19. 19 Isaiah 26:2; Revelation 22:14; Psalm 9:13–14; Psalm 100:4; Isaiah 38:22
  20. 20 Revelation 21:24–27; Isaiah 26:2; Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:9; Psalm 24:3–4
  21. 21 Psalm 116:1; Exodus 15:2; Psalm 118:14; Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 12:2
  22. 22 Luke 20:17; Matthew 21:42; 1 Peter 2:4–8; Acts 4:11; Mark 12:10–11
  23. 23 Job 5:9; Ephesians 1:19–22; Acts 13:41; Acts 4:13; Acts 5:31–32
  24. 24 Psalm 84:10; Isaiah 58:13; Nehemiah 8:10; 2 Chronicles 20:26–28; 1 Kings 8:66
  25. 25 Psalm 90:17; Psalm 69:13; Psalm 20:9; Psalm 22:21; Psalm 69:1
  26. 26 Luke 19:38; Matthew 21:9; John 12:13; Matthew 23:39; Mark 11:9–10
  27. 27 Psalm 18:28; John 8:12; 1 Peter 2:9; Esther 8:16; Isaiah 60:1
  28. 28 Isaiah 25:1; Psalm 146:2; Exodus 15:2; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 25:9
  29. 29 Ezra 3:11; Psalm 118:1; Psalm 103:17; Isaiah 63:7

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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.

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXVII)

    (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)

  2. Quotes verse 118:19 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters XLVI–LII)

    … 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 …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 118:22 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter XXXII)

    … 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 …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 118:1 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book V, Chapters IX–X)

    … 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)

  5. Quotes verse 118:18 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters LIII–LVIII)

    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 …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)