Old Testament

Psalm 115
Psalm 115
Not to Us
To God Alone Be Glory
1Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
but to your name give glory,
because of your mercy,
because of your truth.
No Glory in Idols
2Why should the nations say,
“So where is their God now?”
3In fact, our God is in the heavens.
He does everything that pleases him.
4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
5They have a mouth, but they do not speak.
They have eyes, but they do not see.
6They have ears, but they do not hear.
They have a nose, but they do not smell.
7Their hands—they do not even feel.
Their feet—they do not even walk around.
They do not even make a sound with their throats.
8Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
Trust in the Lord
9Israel, trust in the Lord
—he is their help and their shield.
10House of Aaron, trust in the Lord
—he is their help and their shield.
11You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord
—he is their help and their shield.
12The Lord remembers us. He will bless.
He will bless the house of Israel.
He will bless the house of Aaron.
13He will bless those who fear the Lord
—the small with the great.
14May the Lord add blessings to you,
to you and to your children.
15May you be blessed by the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Serve the Lord
16The heavens are heavens for the Lord,
but the earth he gave to the children of Adam.
17It is not the dead who praise the Lord,[]
nor any of those who go down to silence,
18but we are the ones who bless the Lord,[]
from now to eternity.
Praise the Lord![]

Footnotes

  • 115:17 The short form of the divine name, Yah, is used rather than the full form, Yahweh.
  • 115:18 The short form of the divine name, Yah, is used rather than the full form, Yahweh.
  • 115:18 Hebrew hallelu Yah