Psalms - Chapter 115 | Good News Translation

  • 1. To you alone, O LORD, to you alone, and not to us, must glory be given because of your constant love and faithfulness.
  • 2. Why should the nations ask us, "Where is your God?"
  • 3. Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he wishes.
  • 4. Their gods are made of silver and gold, formed by human hands.
  • 5. They have mouths, but cannot speak, and eyes, but cannot see.
  • 6. They have ears, but cannot hear, and noses, but cannot smell.
  • 7. They have hands, but cannot feel, and feet, but cannot walk; they cannot make a sound.
  • 8. May all who made them and who trust in them become like the idols they have made.
  • 9. Trust in the LORD, you people of Israel. He helps you and protects you.
  • 10. Trust in the LORD, you priests of God. He helps you and protects you.
  • 11. Trust in the LORD, all you that worship him. He helps you and protects you.
  • 12. The LORD remembers us and will bless us; he will bless the people of Israel and all the priests of God.
  • 13. He will bless everyone who honors him, the great and the small alike.
  • 14. May the LORD give you children--- you and your descendants!
  • 15. May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth!
  • 16. Heaven belongs to the LORD alone, but he gave the earth to us humans.
  • 17. The LORD is not praised by the dead, by any who go down to the land of silence.
  • 18. But we, the living, will give thanks to him now and forever. Praise the LORD!
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