Psalm 115

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹ Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
but to your name give glory,
because of your mercy,
because of your truth.

² Why should the nations say,
“So where is their God now?”
³ In fact, our God is in the heavens.
He does everything that pleases him.
⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
⁵ They have a mouth, but they do not speak.
They have eyes, but they do not see.
⁶ They have ears, but they do not hear.
They have a nose, but they do not smell.
⁷ Their hands—they do not even feel.
Their feet—they do not even walk around.
They do not even make a sound with their throats.
⁸ Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.

⁹ Israel, trust in the Lord—
he is their help and their shield.
¹⁰ House of Aaron, trust in the Lord—
he is their help and their shield.
¹¹ You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord—
he is their help and their shield.
¹² The Lord remembers us. He will bless.
He will bless the house of Israel.
He will bless the house of Aaron.
¹³ He will bless those who fear the Lord—
the small with the great.
¹⁴ May the Lord add blessings to you,
to you and to your children.
¹⁵ May you be blessed by the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

¹⁶ The heavens are heavens for the Lord,
but the earth he gave to the children of Adam.
¹⁷ It is not the dead who praise the Lord,^[a]
nor any of those who go down to silence,
¹⁸ but we are the ones who bless the Lord,^[b]
    from now to eternity.
Praise the Lord.^[c]