Orthodox Jewish Bible

Tehillim 118:8-24 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

8. It is better to trust in Hashem than to put confidence in adam.

9. It is better to trust in Hashem than to put confidence in nedivim (nobles).

10. All Goyim surrounded me; but in the Shem Hashem will I cut them off.

11. They surrounded me; yes, they compassed me about; but in the Shem Hashem I will cut them off.

12. They compassed me about like devorim (bees); they are extinguished like the eish of kotzim (thorns); for in the Shem Hashem I will cut them off.

13. Thou hast hard pushed at me that I fell; but Hashem helped me.

14. Hashem is my oz (strength) and zimrah (song), and He is become my Yeshuah (salvation).

15. The voice of rejoicing and Yeshuah (salvation) is in the ohalim of the tzaddikim; the Yamin Hashem doeth valiantly.

16. The Yamin Hashem is exalted; the Yamin Hashem doeth valiantly.

17. I shall not die, but live, and declare the ma'asim (works) of Hashem.

18. Hashem hath hard chastened me severely; but He hath not given me over unto mavet (death).

19. Open to me the sha'arei tzedek; I will go through them, and I will praise Hashem;

20. This is the sha'ar of Hashem, into which the tzaddikim shall enter.

21. I will praise Thee; for Thou hast heard me, and art become my Yeshuah (salvation).

22. The Even (Stone) which the Bonim (Builders) rejected [mem-alef-samech, see same word Psalm 89:38 (39)] has become the Rosh Pinnah (Cornerstone).

23. This is Hashem's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

24. This is the yom which Hashem hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.