Prayers that Bring Us Home

Psalm 118


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Our Interpretation of Psalm 118:

Shine-back-to-YAHWEH,

for He is good.
His Persistent-Love
endures to the Eternity.

Let Israel say:

His Persistent-Love
endures to the Eternity.

Let the house of Aaron say:

His Persistent-Love
endures to the Eternity.

Let those who revere YAHWEH say:

His Persistent-Love
endures to the Eternity.

Out of my distress

I called to YAHWEH.

YAHWEH answered me

and set me in a wide place.

YAHWEH is for me,

I will not fear.

What can mortals of dust

do to me?

YAHWEH is for me

among those who help me.

I will look upon

my Destroyers.

It is better to take refuge in YAHWEH

than to place Security in mortals of dust.

It is better to take refuge in YAHWEH

than to place Security in “nobles.”

All nations surrounded me,

but in the name of YAHWEH
I cut them off.

They surrounded me on every side,

but in the name of YAHWEH
I cut them off.

They surrounded me like bees,

they blazed like fire among thorns,
but in the name of YAHWEH
I cut them off.

You pushed me hard

to make me fall,

but YAHWEH helped me.

YAHWEH is my strength

and my song,

and He has become

my Rescue.

The sound of celebration and rescue

is in the tents of the Aligned.

“The right hand of YAHWEH

does mighty things.

The right hand of YAHWEH

is raised.

The right hand of YAHWEH

does mighty things.”

I shall not die,

but live,

and recount

the works of YAHWEH.

YAHWEH has disciplined me deeply,

but He has not given me over
to death.

Open to me the gates of Alignment,

that I may enter
and shine-back-to-YAHWEH.

This is the gate of YAHWEH.

The Aligned
enter through it.

I thank You

that You have answered me
and have become my Rescue.

The stone

that the builders rejected
has become
the cornerstone.

This is from YAHWEH.

It is marvelous
in our eyes.

This is the day

YAHWEH has made.

Let us celebrate

and rejoice in it.

YAHWEH, Rescue us! [Hosanna]

We pray.

YAHWEH, cause us to flourish!

We pray.

Blessed is the One

who comes in the name of YAHWEH.

We bless you

from the house of YAHWEH.

YAHWEH is God,

and He has given us light.

Bind the festival sacrifice

with cords
to the horns of the altar.

You are my God,

and I will thank You.

You are my God,

I will lift You up.

Shine-back-to-YAHWEH,

for He is good.

His Persistent-Love

endures to the Eternity.

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Prayers that Bring Us HomeBy John Garland