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Psalm 115 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/114.htm" title="Psalm 114">◄</a> Psalm 115 <a href="../psalms/116.htm" title="Psalm 116">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Psalm 115</span></h3><h3><span class="text">The Impotence of Idols and the Greatness of God</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Not to us, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, not to us, but to your name give glory,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>Why should the nations say,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">“Where is their God?”</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>Our God is in the heavens;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he does whatever he pleases.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Their idols are silver and gold,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the work of human hands.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>They have mouths, but do not speak;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">eyes, but do not see.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>They have ears, but do not hear;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">noses, but do not smell.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>They have hands, but do not feel;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">feet, but do not walk;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">they make no sound in their throats.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Those who make them are like them;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">so are all who trust in them.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>O Israel, trust in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">He is their help and their shield.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>O house of Aaron, trust in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">He is their help and their shield.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>You who fear the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, trust in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">He is their help and their shield.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> has been mindful of us; he will bless us;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he will bless the house of Israel;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he will bless the house of Aaron;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>he will bless those who fear the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">both small and great.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>May the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> give you increase,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">both you and your children.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>May you be blessed by the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">who made heaven and earth.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>The heavens are the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>’s heavens,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the earth he has given to human beings.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>The dead do not praise the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">nor do any that go down into silence.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>But we will bless the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">from this time on and forevermore.</span></span><br /><span class="text">Praise the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>!</span></p></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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