Psalm 118

1. O come with thanks, God’s goodness praising;  / His firm and steadfast love endures.  / Let Israel and the house of Aaron  / Proclaim His love forever sure.  / Let all who come to Him in worship  / Be in His steadfast love secure.  / Come to the LORD with your thanksgiving;  / His everlasting love endures.

2. I cried to God in my affliction;  / He answered me and set me free.  / The LORD Himself is my protection.  / What can a man then do to me?  / On all my foes I look in triumph;  / With God I face them fearlessly.  / I’ll put no confidence in princes;  / The LORD, He shall my refuge be.

3. I was surrounded by all nations,  / But I subdued them in His Name;  / And though they swarmed like bees around me,  / I beat them down like thorns aflame.  / I was hard-pressed and close to falling;  / To my support the LORD then came.  / He is my song and my salvation;  / His strength is evermore the same. / William Helder, 1972