Psalms 115
1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory.
Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your kindness’ and faithfulness’ sake.
2 For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake: lest the gentiles should say: Where is their God?
Why should the heathen say, “Where is now their God?”
3 But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.
Our God he is in heaven; whatever he wishes, he does.
4 The idols of the gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.
Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
5 They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not.
They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see.
6 They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.
They have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell.
7 They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat.
They have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk: no sound comes from their throats.
8 Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them.
Their makers become like them, so do all who trust in them.
9 The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
O Israel, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
10 The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
House of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
11 They that fear the Lord hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord he is their help and their shield.
12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.
The Lord, mindful of us, will bless us: he will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great.
He will bless those who fear the Lord, the small and the great together.
14 May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children.
May the Lord add to your numbers to you and to your children.
15 Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Blessed be you of the Lord, creator of heaven and earth.
16 The heaven of heaven is the Lord’s: but the earth he has given to the children of men.
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, but the earth has he given to people.
17 The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell. (questioned)
The dead cannot praise the Lord, nor those who go down into silence.
18 But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever.
But we will bless the Lord from now and for evermore. Hallelujah.
