Psalm 115

Living Bible

115 Glorify your name, not ours, O Lord! Cause everyone to praise your loving-kindness and your truth. ² Why let the nations say, “Their God is dead!”^[a]

³ For he is in the heavens and does as he wishes. ⁴ Their gods are merely man-made things of silver and of gold. ⁵ They can’t talk or see, despite their eyes and mouths! ⁶ Nor can they hear, nor smell, ⁷ nor use their hands or feet, nor speak! ⁸ And those who make and worship them are just as foolish as their idols are.

⁹ O Israel, trust the Lord! He is your helper. He is your shield. ¹⁰ O priests of Aaron, trust the Lord! He is your helper; he is your shield. ¹¹ All of you, his people, trust in him. He is your helper; he is your shield.

¹² Jehovah is constantly thinking about us, and he will surely bless us. He will bless the people of Israel and the priests of Aaron, ¹³ and all, both great and small, who reverence him.

¹⁴ May the Lord richly bless both you and your children. ¹⁵ Yes, Jehovah who made heaven and earth will personally bless you! ¹⁶ The heavens belong to the Lord, but he has given the earth to all mankind.

¹⁷ The dead cannot sing praises to Jehovah here on earth,^{[b] 18} but we can! We praise him forever! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!