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115 Lord, you should receive the honor, not us.
    The honor belongs to you
    because of your faithful love and loyalty.
Why should the nations wonder
    where our God is?
Our God is in heaven,
    and he does whatever he wants.
The “gods” of those nations are only statues
    that some human made from gold and silver.
Those statues have mouths, but cannot talk.
    They have eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears, but cannot hear.
    They have noses, but cannot smell.
They have hands, but cannot feel.
    They have feet, but cannot walk.
    No sounds come from their throats.
The people who make and trust in those statues
    will become like them!

People of Israel, trust in the Lord!
    He is your strength and shield.
10 Aaron’s family, trust in the Lord!
    He is your strength and shield.
11 Followers of the Lord, trust in the Lord!
    He is your strength and shield.

12 The Lord remembers us.
    He will bless us.
He will bless Israel.
    He will bless Aaron’s family.
13 The Lord will bless his followers,
    great and small.

14 May the Lord give more and more to you
    and to your children.
15 May you receive blessings from the Lord,[a]
    who made heaven and earth.
16 Heaven belongs to the Lord,
    but he gave the earth to people.
17 The dead don’t praise him.
    Those in the grave don’t praise the Lord.
18 But we will praise the Lord
    now and forever!

Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 115:15 May … the Lord Or “The Lord welcomes you with a blessing.”

Psalm 115(A)

Not to us, Lord, not to us
    but to your name be the glory,(B)
    because of your love and faithfulness.(C)

Why do the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”(D)
Our God is in heaven;(E)
    he does whatever pleases him.(F)
But their idols are silver and gold,(G)
    made by human hands.(H)
They have mouths, but cannot speak,(I)
    eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.
They have hands, but cannot feel,
    feet, but cannot walk,
    nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

All you Israelites, trust(J) in the Lord
    he is their help and shield.
10 House of Aaron,(K) trust in the Lord
    he is their help and shield.
11 You who fear him,(L) trust in the Lord
    he is their help and shield.

12 The Lord remembers(M) us and will bless us:(N)
    He will bless his people Israel,
    he will bless the house of Aaron,
13 he will bless those who fear(O) the Lord
    small and great alike.

14 May the Lord cause you to flourish,(P)
    both you and your children.
15 May you be blessed by the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven(Q) and earth.

16 The highest heavens belong to the Lord,(R)
    but the earth he has given(S) to mankind.
17 It is not the dead(T) who praise the Lord,
    those who go down to the place of silence;
18 it is we who extol the Lord,(U)
    both now and forevermore.(V)

Praise the Lord.[a](W)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 115:18 Hebrew Hallelu Yah