1Not to us, O LORD, not to us,
but to Your name be the glory,
because of Your loving devotion,
because of Your faithfulness.
1Not to us, O YHWH, not to us, but to Your name, give glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness!
2Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
2Why should the nations say, “Where now is their God?”
3Our God is in heaven;
He does as He pleases.
3And our God is in the heavens; all that he has pleased, He has done.
4Their idols are silver and gold,
made by the hands of men.
4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of the hands of man.
5They have mouths, but cannot speak;
they have eyes, but cannot see;
5A mouth is unto them, and they do not speak; eyes are unto them, and they do not see;
6they have ears, but cannot hear;
they have noses, but cannot smell;
6ears are unto them, and they do not hear; noses are unto them, and they do not smell;
7they have hands, but cannot feel;
they have feet, but cannot walk;
they cannot even clear their throats.a
7they have hands and they do not feel; they have feet and they do not walk; and they do not utter by their throat.
8Those who make them become like them,
as do all who trust in them.
8Those making them shall be like them, everyone who is trusting in them.
9O Israel,a trust in the LORD!
He is their help and shield.
9O Israel, trust in YHWH! And He is their help and their shield.
10O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD!
10O House of Aaron, trust in YHWH! And He is their help and their shield.
11You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD!
11O fearers of YHWH, trust in YHWH! He is their help and their shield.
12The LORD is mindful of us;
He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron;
12YHWH has remembered us; He will bless; 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.
13He will bless those fearing YHWH, the small with the great.
14May the LORD give you increase,
both you and your children.
14YHWH adds to you—to you and to your sons!
15May you be blessed by the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
15May you be blessed by YHWH, maker of the heavens and the earth!
16The highest heavens belong to the LORD,
but the earth He has given to mankind.
16The heavens of the heavens are unto YHWH, and the earth He has given to the sons of man.
17It is not the dead who praise the LORD,
nor any who descend into silence.
17The dead do not praise YAH, and not any of those going down into silence.
18But it is we who will bless the LORD,
both now and forevermore.
Hallelujah!a
18And we will bless YAH, from now and even to forever. Hallelu YAH!