Psalmorum 115
1 Non nobis Domine, non nobis: sed nomini tuo da gloriam.
Not to us, Adonai, not to us, but to your name give kavod ·weighty glory·, for your chesed ·loving-kindness·, and for your truth’s sake.
2 Super misericordia tua, et veritate tua: nequando dicant Gentes: Ubi est Deus eorum?
Why should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?”
3 Deus autem noster in cælo: omnia quæcumque voluit, fecit.
But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
4 Simulacra gentium argentum, et aurum, opera manuum hominum.
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
5 Os habent, et non loquentur: oculos habent, et non videbunt.
They have mouths, but they don’t speak. They have eyes, but they don’t see.
6 Aures habent, et non audient: nares habent, et non odorabunt.
They have ears, but they don’t sh'ma ·hear obey·. They have noses, but they don’t smell.
7 Manus habent, et non palpabunt: pedes habent, et non ambulabunt: non clamabunt in gutture suo.
They have hands, but they don’t feel. They have feet, but they don’t walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
8 Similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea: et omnes qui confidunt in eis.
Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.
9 Domus Israel speravit in Domino: adiutor eorum et protector eorum est.
Israel [God prevails], trust in Adonai! He is their help and their shield.
10 Domus Aaron speravit in Domino: adiutor eorum et protector eorum est.
House of Aaron [Light-bringer], trust in Adonai! He is their help and their shield.
11 Qui timent Dominum, speraverunt in Domino: adiutor eorum et protector eorum est.
You who fear Adonai, trust in Adonai! He is their help and their shield.
12 Dominus memor fuit nostri: et benedixit nobis: Benedixit domui Israel: benedixit domui Aaron.
Adonai remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel [God prevails]. He will bless the house of Aaron [Light-bringer].
13 Benedixit omnibus, qui timent Dominum, pusillis cum maioribus.
He will bless those who fear Adonai, both small and great.
14 Adiiciat Dominus super vos: super vos, et super filios vestros.
May Adonai increase you more and more, you and your children.
15 Benedicti vos a Domino, qui fecit cælum, et terram.
Blessed are you by Adonai, who made heaven and earth.
16 Cælum cæli Domino: terram autem dedit filiis hominum.
The heavens are the heavens of Adonai; but the earth has he given to the children of men.
17 Non mortui laudabunt te Domine: neque omnes, qui descendunt in infernum. (questioned)
The dead don’t Halleluyah ·praise Yah·, neither any who go down into silence;
18 Sed nos qui vivimus, benedicimus Domino, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.
But we will bless Yah, from this time forward and forever more. Halleluyah ·praise Yah·!
