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We are continuing our series of reflections on the Psalms. Each day we will upload a new reflection to the website. We hope and pray that you will find them helpful and that they bring hope during this season. Click on these buttons to read the text of the psalm or listen to a recording of it. You can also listen to the reflection using the audio player below. Read Psalm 118:1-18  Listen to Psalm 118:1-18 The writer again gives thanks and praises God for the love he has shown him which lasts for ever. Israel can and must say the same. Freedom (not necessarily physical freedom) was found as he cried out to God in his troubles. Many of us have found with the Lord beside us there is no need to fear. He gives more strength and protection than any human being. In prayer the psalmist, by the power of the Holy Spirit, cut himself free from all the people surrounding and threatening him. Although he was nearly finished as they pressured him, he found God there helping him – how that has been the case for many of God's children down the centuries. When I have felt at the end of myself, my own strength (physically and emotionally), help and sustaining has come which must have been from the Father by his Holy Spirit. He is my salvation. All his people can shout for joy as they come through times of testing with the strength that God has given; as they have seen him at work in their different circumstances, problems or setbacks. When it seemed that the end was near life was restored and with it the opportunity to tell what God had done. Even though I was taken through difficult times, the Lord didn't allow me to succumb to them, but brought me through to a place of healing and restoration. Thank you, Father, for your endless love for me. May I never forget all you have showered upon me.