Psalms 115
1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your mercy and your truth;
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.
2 lest at any time the nations should say, Where is their God?
Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?
3 But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatever he has pleased.
But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
4 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of men's hands.
Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5 They have a mouth, but they can’t speak; they have eyes, but they can’t see:
They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;
6 they have ears, but they can’t hear; they have noses, but they can’t smell;
They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;
7 they have hands, but they can’t handle; they have feet, but they can’t walk: they can’t speak through their throat.
They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.
8 Let those that make them become like to them, and all who trust in them.
Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.
9 The house of Israel trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.
O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
10 The house of Aaron trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.
O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
11 They that fear the Lord trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.
You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
12 The Lord has remembered us, and blessed us: he has blessed the house of Israel, he has blessed the house of Aaron.
The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.
13 He has blessed them that fear the Lord, both small and great.
He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.
14 The Lord add [blessings] to you and to your children.
May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.
15 Blessed are you of the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.
May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
16 The heaven of heavens [belongs] to the Lord: but he has given the earth to the sons of men.
The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.
17 The dead shall not praise you, O Lord, nor any that go down to Hades.
The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.
18 But we, the living, will bless the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.
