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¹Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness, his kindness endures forever.

²Let the house of Israel now say: his kindness endures forever.

³Let the house of Aaron now say: his kindness endures forever.

⁴Let those who fear the Lord now say: his kindness endures forever.

⁵Out of straits I called on the Lord, the Lord answered and gave me room.

⁶The Lord is mine; I am fearless. What can mere people do to me?

⁷The Lord is mine, as my help: I shall feast my eyes on my foes.

⁸It is better to hide in the Lord than to trust in mortals.

⁹It is better to hide in the Lord than to put any trust in princes.

¹⁰Everywhere heathen swarmed round me; in the name of the Lord I cut them down.

¹¹They swarmed, swarmed around me; in the name of the Lord I cut them down,

¹²they swarmed around me like bees, they blazed like a fire of thorns: in the name of the Lord I cut them down.

¹³Sore they pushed me, to make me fall; but the Lord gave me his help.

¹⁴The Lord is my strength and my song, and he is become my salvation.

¹⁵Hark! In the tents of the righteous glad cries of victory are ringing. The hand of the Lord has wrought bravely,

¹⁶the hand of the Lord is exalted, the hand of the Lord has wrought bravely.

¹⁷I shall not die: nay, I shall live, to declare the works of the Lord.

¹⁸Though the Lord has chastened me sore, he has not given me over to death. (The Procession arrives at the Temple)

¹⁹“Open to me the gates of victory. I would enter therein and give thanks to the Lord.” (The Welcome)

²⁰“This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous may enter therein;”

²¹I thank you because you have heard me, and are become my salvation.

²²The stone which the builders despised is become the head-stone of the corner.

²³This has been wrought by the Lord; it is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This day is the Lord's own creation: in it let us joy and be glad.

²⁵O Lord, save us, we pray, O Lord, prosper, we pray.

²⁶Blessed the one who enters in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you.

²⁷The Lord is God, he has given us light. Wreathe the dance with boughs, till they touch the horns of the altar.

²⁸You are my God, I will thank you; O my God, I will exalt you.

²⁹Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness: his kindness endures forever.