Psalms 115

1 Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth.

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 Why do the nations say, 'Where, pray, [is] their God.

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 our God [is] in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done.

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

4 Their idols [are] silver and gold, work of man's hands,

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

5 A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

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

6 Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not,

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

7 Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not;

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 Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in 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 O Israel, trust in Jehovah, 'Their help and their shield [is] He.'

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

10 O house of Aaron, trust in Jehovah, 'Their help and their shield [is] He.'

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

11 Ye fearing Jehovah, trust in Jehovah, 'Their help and their shield [is] He.'

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

12 Jehovah hath remembered us, He blesseth, He blesseth the house of Israel, He blesseth the house of Aaron,

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

13 He blesseth those fearing Jehovah, The small with the great.

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

14 Jehovah addeth to you, to you, and to your sons.

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

15 Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

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

16 The heavens — the heavens [are] Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,

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

17 The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to 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, we bless Jah, From henceforth, and unto the age. Praise ye Jah!

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