² Why do the nations say,
    ‘Where is their God?’
³ Our God is in heaven;
    he does whatever pleases him.
⁴ But their idols are silver and gold,
    made by human hands.
⁵ They have mouths, but cannot speak,
    eyes, but cannot see.
⁶ They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.
⁷ They have hands, but cannot feel,
    feet, but cannot walk,
    nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
⁸ Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

⁹ All you Israelites, trust in the Lord –
    he is their help and shield.
¹⁰ House of Aaron, trust in the Lord –
    he is their help and shield.
¹¹ You who fear him, trust in the Lord –
    he is their help and shield.

¹² The Lord remembers us and will bless us:
    he will bless his people Israel,
    he will bless the house of Aaron,
¹³ he will bless those who fear the Lord –
    small and great alike.

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

¹⁶ The highest heavens belong to the Lord,
    but the earth he has given to the human race.
¹⁷ It is not the dead who praise the Lord,
    those who go down to the place of silence;
¹⁸ it is we who extol the Lord,
    both now and for evermore.

Praise the Lord.^[a]