< 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 to us, O YHWH, not to us, But to Your Name give glory, For Your kindness, for Your 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]?”
Why do the nations say, “Where, pray, [is] their God?”
3 Our God is in heaven, and he does whatever he wants to!
And our God [is] in the heavens, All that He has pleased He has done.
4 [But] their idols are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.
Their idols [are] silver and gold, work of man’s hands,
5 Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
They have a mouth, and they do not speak, They have eyes, and they do not see,
6 They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything]; they have noses, but they cannot smell [anything].
They have ears, and they do not hear, They have a nose, and they do not smell,
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!
Their hands, but they do not handle, Their feet, and they do not walk;
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!
Nor do they mutter through their throat, Their makers are like them, Everyone who is trusting 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 in YHWH, “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 in YHWH, “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.
You fearing YHWH, trust in YHWH, “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,
YHWH has remembered us, He blesses, He blesses the house of Israel, He blesses 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 blesses those fearing YHWH, The small with the great.
14 I desire that Yahweh will give many children to you [my fellow-Israeli people], and to your descendants.
YHWH adds to you—to you and to your sons.
15 I desire that Yahweh, the one who made heaven and the earth, will bless [all of] you!
Blessed [are] you of YHWH, Maker of the heavens and earth,
16 The [highest] heavens belong to Yahweh, but he gave [everything that is on] the earth to [us] people.
The heavens—the heavens [are] YHWH’s, And He has given the earth to sons 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.
The dead do not praise YAH, Nor any going down to silence.
18 But we [who are alive] will thank/praise him, now and forever. Praise Yahweh!
And we, we bless YAH, From now on, and for all time. Praise YAH!

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