Translation
1. Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake!
2. Why should the nations say, Where is now 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; they have eyes, but they can not see;
6. They have ears, but they cannot hear; they have noses, but they can not smell;
7. They have hands, but they cannot feel; they have feet, but they can not walk; and through their throat they cannot speak!
8. May they who make them become like them, and every one 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 small and great!
14. May the Lord increase you more and more, you and your children!
15. May you be blessed of the Lord who made heaven and earth!
16. The heavens are the heavens of the Lord; but he has given the earth to the children of men!
17. The dead cannot praise the Lord, nor can any who go down into silence!
18. But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Hallelujah!
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