Psalms 115

¹Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.

²Why do the nations say, "Where is their God?"

³Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.

⁴But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

⁵They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see;

⁶they have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but they cannot smell;

⁷they have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but they cannot walk; nor can they utter a sound with their throats.

⁸Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.

⁹O house of Israel, trust in the LORD - he is their help and shield.

¹⁰O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD - he is their help and shield.

¹¹You who fear him, trust in the LORD - he is their help and shield.

¹²The LORD remembers us and will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron,

¹³he will bless those who fear the LORD - small and great alike.

¹⁴May the LORD make you increase, both you and your children.

¹⁵May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

¹⁶The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to man.

¹⁷It is not the dead who praise the LORD, those who go down to silence;

¹⁸it is we who extol the LORD, both now and forevermore. Praise the LORD.