Psalm 115: Non nobis, Domine

Not to us, O LORD, not to us,

but to your Name give glory; *

because of your love and because of your faithfulness.

Why should the heathen say, *

"Where then is their God?"

Our God is in heaven; *

whatever he wills to do he does.

Their idols are silver and gold, *

the work of human hands.

They have mouths, but they cannot speak; *

eyes have they, but they cannot see;

They have ears but they cannot hear; *

noses, but they cannot smell;

They have hands, but they cannot feel;

feet, but they cannot walk; *

they make no sound with their throat.

Those who make them are like them, *

and so are all who put their trust in them.

O Israel, trust in the LORD; *

he is their help and their shield.

O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; *

he is their help and their shield.

You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; *

he is their help and their shield.

The LORD has been mindful of us, and he will bless us; *

he will bless the house of Israel;

he will bless the house of Aaron;

He will bless those who fear the LORD, *

both small and great together.

May the LORD increase you more and more, *

you and your children after you.

May you be blessed by the LORD, *

the maker of heaven and earth.

The heaven of heavens is the LORD'S, *

but he entrusted the earth to its peoples.

The dead do not praise the LORD, *

nor all those who go down into silence;

But we will bless the LORD, *

from this time forth for evermore.

Hallelujah!