🎵WEB · Psalms 118:5
What does Psalms 118:5 mean?
"Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom."
— Psalms 118:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.
Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
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