Psalm 115

Psalm 115

1NOT TO us, O Lord, not to us but to Your name give glory, for Your mercy and loving-kindness and for the sake of Your truth and faithfulness!

2Why should the nations say, Where is now their God?

3But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.

4The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

5They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

6They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not;

7They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither can they make a sound with their throats.

8They who make idols are like them; so are all who trust in and lean on them. [Ps. 135:15-18.]

9O Israel, trust and take refuge in the Lord! [Lean on, rely on, and be confident in Him!] He is their Help and their Shield.

10O house of Aaron [the priesthood], trust in and lean on the Lord! He is their Help and their Shield.

11You who [reverently] fear the Lord, trust in and lean on the Lord! He is their Help and their Shield.

12The Lord has been mindful of us, He will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel, He will bless the house of Aaron [the priesthood],

13He will bless those who reverently and worshipfully fear the Lord, both small and great. [Ps. 103:11; Rev. 11:18; 19:5.]

14May the Lord give you increase more and more, you and your children.

15May you be blessed of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth!

16The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth has He given to the children of men.

17The dead praise not the Lord, neither any who go down into silence.

18But we will bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) the Lord from this time forth and forever. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

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