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14 May he increase your numbers,
yours and your children’s.[a]
15 May you be blessed by the Lord,
the Creator[b] of heaven and earth.
16 The heavens belong to the Lord,[c]
but the earth he has given to mankind.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 115:14 tn Heb “may he add to you, to you and your sons.” The prefixed verbal form is jussive, indicating this is a prayer.
  2. Psalm 115:15 tn Or “maker.”
  3. Psalm 115:16 tn Heb “the heavens [are] heavens to the Lord.”
  4. Psalm 115:16 tn Heb “to the sons of man.”