Psalms 115

1I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly.

1Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.

2I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.

2Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?

3What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things that he hath rendered to me?

3But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

4I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

4Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

5I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:

5They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;

6Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

6They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;

7O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:

7They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.

8I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

8Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.

9I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:

9O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

10In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

10O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

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11You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

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12The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.

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13He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.

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14May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.

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15May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

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16The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

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17The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

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18But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.