Psalms 115

1 Not vnto vs, O Lord, not vnto vs, but vnto thy Name giue the glorie, for thy louing mercie and for thy truethes sake.

Yahweh, people should praise [only] you [MTY]; they must praise you, not us, because you faithfully love us and always do what you have promised to do.

2 Wherefore shall the heathen say, Where is nowe their God?

It is not right that [RHQ] [other] people-groups should say about us, “[They claim that] their God [is very powerful], but [if that is true], why does he not [help them]?”

3 But our God is in heauen: he doeth what so euer he will.

Our God is in heaven, and he does whatever he wants to!

4 Their idoles are siluer and golde, euen the worke of mens hands.

[But] their idols are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.

5 They haue a mouth and speake not: they haue eyes and see not.

Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].

6 They haue eares and heare not: they haue noses and smelll not.

They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything]; they have noses, but they cannot smell [anything].

7 They haue handes and touche not: they haue feete and walke not: neither make they a sound with their throte.

They have hands, but they cannot feel [anything]; they have feet, but they cannot walk, and they have throats but cannot [even] make any sounds!

8 They that make them are like vnto them: so are all that trust in them.

The people who make those idols are [as powerless] as those idols, and those who trust in those idols [can accomplish nothing], just like their idols!

9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: for he is their helpe and their shielde.

You, [my fellow] Israeli people, trust in Yahweh! He is the one who helps you and [protects you like] [MET] a shield.

10 O house of Aaron, trust ye in the Lord: for he is their helpe and their shielde.

You priests [MTY], trust in Yahweh! He is the one who helps you and [protects you like] [MET] a shield.

11 Ye that feare the Lord, trust in the Lord: for he is their helper and their shield.

[All] you who revere Yahweh, trust in him! He is the one who helps you and [protects you like] [MET] a shield.

12 The Lord hath bene mindfull of vs: he will blesse, he will blesse the house of Israel, he will blesse the house of Aaron.

Yahweh has not forgotten us; he will bless us Israeli people [MTY]! He will bless the priests,

13 He will blesse them that feare the Lord, both small and great.

and he will bless [all] those who revere him; he will bless important [people] and people [who are considered to be] unimportant, [everyone!]

14 The Lord will increase his graces towarde you, euen toward you and toward your children.

I desire that Yahweh will give many children to you [my fellow-Israeli people], and to your descendants.

15 Ye are blessed of the Lord, which made the heauen and the earth.

I desire that Yahweh, the one who made heaven and the earth, will bless [all of] you!

16 The heauens, euen the heauens are the Lordes: but he hath giuen the earth to the sonnes of men.

The [highest] heavens belong to Yahweh, but he gave [everything that is on] the earth to [us] people.

17 The dead prayse not the Lord, neither any that goe downe into the place of silence.

Dead [people] are not [able to] praise Yahweh; when they descend into the place where dead people are, they are unable to speak and cannot praise him.

18 But we will prayse the Lord from henceforth and for euer. Prayse ye the Lord.

But we [who are alive] will thank/praise him, now and forever. Praise Yahweh!