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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 132 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 132. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/132/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 132. Psalm 118

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[¶0] 1 Celebrate ye Jehovah! for he is good: For to everlasting endureth his mercy.

[¶1] 2 Let now Israel say: “For to everlasting endureth his mercy.”

[¶2] 3 Let now the house of Aaron say: “For to everlasting endureth his mercy.”

[¶3] 4 Let now those who fear Jehovah say: “For to everlasting endureth his mercy.”

[¶4] 5 In my distress I called upon God; God answered me by setting me at large.

[¶5] 6 Jehovah is with me: I will not fear what man can do to me.

[¶6] 7 Jehovah is with me among those who help me, And I shall see my desire upon my adversaries.

[¶7] 8 It is better to hope in Jehovah Than to place confidence in man:

[¶8] 9 It is better to hope in Jehovah Than to place confidence in princes.

[¶9] 10 All the nations encompassed me: But in the name of Jehovah I will surely cut them off.

[¶10] 11 They encompassed me, yea they encompassed me, But in the name of Jehovah I will surely cut them off’.

[¶11] 12 They encompassed me as bees: They were extinguished as a fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will surely cut them off.

[¶12] 13 Thou hast thrust and thrust at me, that I might fall: But Jehovah helped me.

[¶13] 14 My strength and my song is God, And he hath become to me salvation.

[¶14] 15 The voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: The right hand of Jehovah hath done valiantly.

[¶15] 16 The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, The right hand of Jehovah hath done valiantly.

[¶16] 17 I shall not die, yea, I shall live, And recount the works of God.

[¶17] 18 Chastised me sorely hath God; But he hath not delivered me up unto death.

[¶18] 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness; And having entered into them, I will celebrate God.

[¶19] 20 This is the gate of Jehovah, The just ones shall enter into it.

[¶20] 21 I will celebrate thee because thou hast heard me, And hast been my salvation.

[¶21] 22 The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head [stone] of the corner.

[¶22] 23 By Jehovah hath this been done: It is marvelous in our eyes.

[¶23] 24 This is the day which Jehovah hath made; Let us exult and rejoice in it.

[¶24] 25 I beseech thee, O Jehovah! save me; I beseech thee, I beseech thee, O Jehovah! give prosperity I beseech thee.

[¶25] 26 Blessed is he who cometh in the name of Jehovah: We bless you from the house of Jehovah.

[¶26] 27 God is Jehovah, and he hath given light to us: Bind ye the lamb with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

[¶27] 28 My God art thou, and I will celebrate thee: My God, I will exalt thee.

[¶28] 29 Celebrate ye Jehovah; for he is good: For to everlasting is his mercy.