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 thy name give glory.
2 Wherefore should the nations say, Where now is their God?
For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake: lest the gentiles should say: Where is their God?
3 Whereas our God is in the heavens: whatsoever he desireth hath he done.
But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.
4 Their idols are sliver and gold, the work of the hands of man.
The idols of the gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.
5 A mouth they have, but speak not; eyes they have, but see not;
They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not.
6 Ears they have, but hear not; a nose they have, but smell not.
They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.
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 and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat.
8 Like them are those that make them, every one that trusteth in them.
Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them.
9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.
The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
10 O house of Aaron, trust ye in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.
The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust ye in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.
They that fear the Lord hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
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 hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless those that fear the Lord, the small together with the great.
He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great.
14 May the Lord increase you more and more, you and your children.
May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children.
15 Blessed are ye of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
16 The heavens are the heavens of the Lord; but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
The heaven of heaven is the Lord’s: but the earth he has given to the children 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 thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell. (questioned)
18 But as for us, we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Hallelujah.
But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever.
