Psalm 115

Modern English Version

² Why should the nations say,
    “Where now is their God?”
³ But our God is in the heavens;
    He does whatever He pleases.
⁴ Their idols are silver and gold,
    the work of men’s hands.
⁵ They have mouths, but they cannot speak;
    eyes, but they cannot see;
⁶ they have ears, but they cannot hear;
    noses, but they cannot smell;
⁷ they have hands, but they cannot feel;
    feet, but they cannot walk;
    neither can they speak with their throat.
⁸ Those who make them are like them;
    so is everyone who trusts in them.

⁹ O Israel, trust in the Lord;
    He is their help and their shield.
¹⁰ O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord;
    He is their help and their shield.
¹¹ You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord;
    He is their help and their shield.

¹² The Lord has been mindful of us; He will bless us;
    He will bless the house of Israel;
    He will bless the house of Aaron.
¹³ He will bless those who fear the Lord,
    both the small and great ones.

¹⁴ The Lord shall increase you more and more,
    you and your children.
¹⁵ You are blessed of the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth.

¹⁶ The heavens belong to the Lord,
    but the earth He has given to the children of men.
¹⁷ The dead do not praise the Lord,
    nor do any who go down into silence.
¹⁸ But we will bless the Lord
    from this time and for evermore.

Praise the Lord!