Psalm 115

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115 Lord, you are the one
    who deserves that people praise you.
They should praise only you, not us!
Because you love us with a faithful love,
    and you always do what you have promised.
² Why should other nations say about us,
    ‘Where is their God?’
³ We know that our God is in heaven.
    He does whatever he wants to do.
⁴ Those people's idols are made from silver and gold.
    Yes, human hands make them!
⁵ Each idol has a mouth,
    but it cannot speak!
It has eyes, but it cannot see!
⁶ It has ears, but it cannot hear!
It has a nose, but it cannot smell!
⁷ It has hands, but it cannot feel anything!
It has feet, but it cannot walk!
They cannot make a sound!
⁸ The people that make those idols
    will become useless like them.
The same is true for everyone
    who trusts their idols to help them.
⁹ People of Israel,
    trust in the Lord.
He is the one who helps you
    and keeps you safe.
¹⁰ Aaron's family,
    trust in the Lord.^[b]
He is the one who helps you
    and keeps you safe.
¹¹ Everyone who serves the Lord,
    trust in the Lord.
He is the one who helps you
    and keeps you safe.
¹² The Lord will remember us,
    and he will bless us.
He will bless Israel's people.
He will bless Aaron's family.
¹³ He will bless everybody who serves him,
    whether they are important people or not.
¹⁴ I pray that the Lord will give you many children,
    and your children too!
¹⁵ I pray that the Lord will bless you all.
He is the one who made the whole universe.
¹⁶ The heavens belong to the Lord,
    but he has given the earth to us people.
¹⁷ Dead people cannot praise the Lord.
    In their graves, they are unable to speak.
¹⁸ But we will praise the Lord,
    now and for ever.
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!