Psalms 115

1 Not for our sake, O Lord, not for our sake, but unto thy name give glory, for the sake of thy kindness, for the sake of thy truth.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your mercy and your truth;

2 Wherefore should the nations say, Where now is their God?

lest at any time the nations should say, Where is their God?

3 Whereas our God is in the heavens: whatsoever he desireth hath he done.

But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatever he has pleased.

4 Their idols are sliver and gold, the work of the hands of man.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of men's hands.

5 A mouth they have, but speak not; eyes they have, but see not;

They have a mouth, but they can’t speak; they have eyes, but they can’t see:

6 Ears they have, but hear not; a nose they have, but smell not.

they have ears, but they can’t hear; they have noses, but they can’t smell;

7 They have hands, but they touch not; they have feet, but they walk not: nor do they give any utterance by their throat.

they have hands, but they can’t handle; they have feet, but they can’t walk: they can’t speak through their throat.

8 Like them are those that make them, every one that trusteth in them.

Let those that make them become like to them, and all who trust in them.

9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.

The house of Israel trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.

10 O house of Aaron, trust ye in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.

The house of Aaron trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.

11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust ye in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.

They that fear the Lord trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.

12 The Lord hath even been mindful of us, he will bless [us]; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;

The Lord has remembered us, and blessed us: he has blessed the house of Israel, he has blessed the house of Aaron.

13 He will bless those that fear the Lord, the small together with the great.

He has blessed them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

14 May the Lord increase you more and more, you and your children.

The Lord add [blessings] to you and to your children.

15 Blessed are ye of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Blessed are you of the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.

16 The heavens are the heavens of the Lord; but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

The heaven of heavens [belongs] to the Lord: but he has given the earth to the sons of men.

17 Not the dead can praise the Lord, nor all those that go down into the silence [of death].

The dead shall not praise you, O Lord, nor any that go down to Hades.

18 But as for us, we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Hallelujah.

But we, the living, will bless the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.