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118.20 :I will give thanks unto Thee, for Thou hast answered me,
 * And art become my salvation.


 * The stone which the builders rejected
 * Is become the chief corner-stone.


 * This is the doing;
 * It is marvellous in our eyes.


 * This is the day which the hath made;
 * We will rejoice and be glad in it.


 * We beseech Thee, O, save now!
 * We beseech Thee, O, make us now to prosper!


 * Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the ;
 * We bless you out of the house of the.


 * The is God, and hath given us light;
 * Order the festival procession with boughs, even unto the horns of the altar.


 * Thou art my God, and I will give thanks unto Thee;
 * Thou art my God, I will exalt Thee.


 * O give thanks unto the, for He is good,
 * For His mercy endureth for ever.


 * Happy are they that are upright in the way,
 * Who walk in the law of the.
 * Happy are they that keep His testimonies,
 * That seek Him with the whole heart.
 * Yea, they do no unrighteousness;
 * They walk in His ways.
 * Thou hast ordained Thy precepts,
 * That we should observe them diligently.
 * Oh that my ways were directed
 * To observe Thy statutes!
 * Then should I not be ashamed,
 * When I have regard unto all Thy commandments.
 * I will give thanks unto Thee with uprightness of heart,
 * When I learn Thy righteous ordinances.
 * I will observe Thy statutes;
 * O forsake me not utterly.


 * Wherewithal shall a young man keep his way pure?
 * By taking heed thereto according to Thy word.
 * With my whole heart have I sought Thee;
 * O let me not err from Thy commandments.
 * Thy word have I laid up in my heart,
 * That I might not sin against Thee.
 * Blessed art Thou, O ;
 * Teach me Thy statutes.
 * With my lips have I told
 * All the ordinances of Thy mouth.
 * I have rejoiced in the way of Thy testimonies,
 * As much as in all riches.
 * I will meditate in Thy precepts,
 * And have respect unto Thy ways.
 * I will delight myself in Thy statutes;
 * I will not forget Thy word.


 * Deal bountifully with Thy servant that I may live,
 * And I will observe Thy word.