Psalms 115
1 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.
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.
2 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]?”
Wherefore should the nations say, Where now is their God?
3 Our God is in heaven, and he does whatever he wants to!
Whereas our God is in the heavens: whatsoever he desireth hath he done.
4 [But] their idols are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.
Their idols are sliver and gold, the work of the hands of man.
5 Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
A mouth they have, but speak not; eyes they have, but see not;
6 They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything]; they have noses, but they cannot smell [anything].
Ears they have, but hear not; a nose they have, but smell not.
7 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!
They have hands, but they touch not; they have feet, but they walk not: nor do they give any utterance by their throat.
8 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!
Like them are those that make them, every one that trusteth in them.
9 You, [my fellow] Israeli people, trust in Yahweh! He is the one who helps you and [protects you like] [MET] a shield.
O Israel, trust thou in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.
10 You priests [MTY], trust in Yahweh! He is the one who helps you and [protects you like] [MET] a shield.
O house of Aaron, trust ye in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.
11 [All] you who revere Yahweh, trust in him! He is the one who helps you and [protects you like] [MET] a shield.
Ye that fear the Lord, trust ye in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.
12 Yahweh has not forgotten us; he will bless us Israeli people [MTY]! He will bless the priests,
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;
13 and he will bless [all] those who revere him; he will bless important [people] and people [who are considered to be] unimportant, [everyone!]
He will bless those that fear the Lord, the small together with the great.
14 I desire that Yahweh will give many children to you [my fellow-Israeli people], and to your descendants.
May the Lord increase you more and more, you and your children.
15 I desire that Yahweh, the one who made heaven and the earth, will bless [all of] you!
Blessed are ye of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
16 The [highest] heavens belong to Yahweh, but he gave [everything that is on] the earth to [us] people.
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord; but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
17 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.
Not the dead can praise the Lord, nor all those that go down into the silence [of death].
18 But we [who are alive] will thank/praise him, now and forever. Praise Yahweh!
But as for us, we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Hallelujah.
