Psalm 115 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

To Your Name Give Glory

Psa 115:1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory,
for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

Psa 115:2

Psa 115:2Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”

Psa 115:3

Psa 115:3Our God is in the heavens;
he does all that he pleases.

Psa 115:4

Psa 115:4Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.

Psa 115:5

Psa 115:5They have mouths, but do not speak;
eyes, but do not see.

Psa 115:6

Psa 115:6They have ears, but do not hear;
noses, but do not smell.

Psa 115:7

Psa 115:7They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.

Psa 115:8

Psa 115:8Those who make them become like them;
so do all who trust in them.

Psa 115:9

Psa 115:9O Israel,[fn] trust in the LORD!
He is their help and their shield.

Psa 115:10

Psa 115:10O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and their shield.

Psa 115:11

Psa 115:11You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and their shield.

Psa 115:12

Psa 115:12The LORD has remembered us; he will bless us;
he will bless the house of Israel;
he will bless the house of Aaron;

Psa 115:13

Psa 115:13he will bless those who fear the LORD,
both the small and the great.

Psa 115:14

Psa 115:14May the LORD give you increase,
you and your children!

Psa 115:15

Psa 115:15May you be blessed by the LORD,
who made heaven and earth!

Psa 115:16

Psa 115:16The heavens are the LORD’s heavens,
but the earth he has given to the children of man.

Psa 115:17

Psa 115:17The dead do not praise the LORD,
nor do any who go down into silence.

Psa 115:18

Psa 115:18But we will bless the LORD
from this time forth and forevermore.
Praise the LORD!

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ESV Footnotes

(115:9)

Masoretic Text; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac O house of Israel

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