- 1Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.
- 2Why do the nations say, "Where is their God?"
- 3Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.
- 4But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- 5They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see;
- 6they have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but they cannot smell;
- 7they have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but they cannot walk; nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
- 8Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
- 9O house of Israel, trust in the LORD - he is their help and shield.
- 10O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD - he is their help and shield.
- 11You who fear him, trust in the LORD - he is their help and shield.
- 12The LORD remembers us and will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron,
- 13he will bless those who fear the LORD - small and great alike.
- 14May the LORD make you increase, both you and your children.
- 15May you be blessed by the LORD , the Maker of heaven and earth.
- 16The highest heavens belong to the LORD , but the earth he has given to man.
- 17It is not the dead who praise the LORD , those who go down to silence;
- 18it is we who extol the LORD , both now and forevermore. Praise the LORD .