New English Translation

Psalms 118:13-23 New English Translation (NET)

13. “You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down,but the Lord helped me.

14. The Lord gives me strength and protects me;he has become my deliverer.”

15. They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly.The Lord’s right hand conquers,

16. the Lord’s right hand gives victory,the Lord’s right hand conquers.

17. I will not die, but live,and I will proclaim what the Lord has done.

18. The Lord severely punished me,but he did not hand me over to death.

19. Open for me the gates of the just king’s temple!I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

20. This is the Lord’s gate – the godly enter through it.

21. I will give you thanks, for you answered me,and have become my deliverer.

22. The stone which the builders discardedhas become the cornerstone.

23. This is the Lord’s work.We consider it amazing!