Psalms 115

1 not to/for us LORD not to/for us for to/for name your to give: give glory upon kindness your upon truth: faithful your

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 to/for what? to say [the] nation where? please God their

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 and God our in/on/with heaven all which to delight in to make: do

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

4 idol their silver: money and gold deed: work hand man

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

5 lip to/for them and not to speak: speak eye to/for them and not to see: see

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

6 ear to/for them and not to hear: hear face: nose to/for them and not to smell [emph?]

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

7 hand their and not to feel [emph?] foot their and not to go: walk not to mutter in/on/with throat their

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 like them to be to make them all which to trust in/on/with 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 Israel to trust in/on/with LORD helper their and shield their he/she/it

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

10 house: household Aaron to trust in/on/with LORD helper their and shield their he/she/it

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

11 afraid LORD to trust in/on/with LORD helper their and shield their he/she/it

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

12 LORD to remember us to bless to bless [obj] house: household Israel to bless [obj] house: household Aaron

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

13 to bless afraid LORD [the] small with [the] great: large

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

14 to add LORD upon you upon you and upon son: child your

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

15 to bless you(m. p.) to/for LORD to make heaven and land: country/planet

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

16 [the] heaven heaven to/for LORD and [the] land: country/planet to give: give to/for son: child man

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

17 not [the] to die to boast: praise LORD and not all to go down 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 and we to bless LORD from now and till forever: enduring to boast: praise LORD

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