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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 115 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/115.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The One True God</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.1" class="v19_115_1">1</span>To you alone, O <span class="nd">Lord</span>, to you alone,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_1">and not to us, must glory be given</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_1">because of your constant love and faithfulness.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.2" class="v19_115_2">2</span>Why should the nations ask us,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_2">“Where is your God?”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.3" class="v19_115_3">3</span>Our God is in heaven;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_3">he does whatever he wishes.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.4" class="v19_115_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.115.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Their gods are made of silver and gold,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_4">formed by human hands.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.5" class="v19_115_5">5</span>They have mouths, but cannot speak,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_5">and eyes, but cannot see.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.6" class="v19_115_6">6</span>They have ears, but cannot hear,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_6">and noses, but cannot smell.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.7" class="v19_115_7">7</span>They have hands, but cannot feel,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_7">and feet, but cannot walk;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_7">they cannot make a sound.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.8" class="v19_115_8">8</span>May all who made them and who trust in them</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_8">become<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.115.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> like the idols they have made.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.9" class="v19_115_9">9</span>Trust in the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, you people of Israel.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_9">He helps you and protects you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.10" class="v19_115_10">10</span>Trust in the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, you priests of God.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_10">He helps you and protects you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.11" class="v19_115_11">11</span>Trust in the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, all you that worship him.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_11">He helps you and protects you.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.12" class="v19_115_12">12</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> remembers us and will bless us;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_12">he will bless the people of Israel</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_12">and all the priests of God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.13" class="v19_115_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.115.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He will bless everyone who honors him,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_13">the great and the small alike.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.14" class="v19_115_14">14</span>May the <span class="nd">Lord</span> give you children—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_14">you and your descendants!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.15" class="v19_115_15">15</span>May you be blessed by the <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_15">who made heaven and earth!</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.16" class="v19_115_16">16</span>Heaven belongs to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> alone,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_16">but he gave the earth to us humans.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.17" class="v19_115_17">17</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> is not praised by the dead,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_17">by any who go down to the land of silence.<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.115.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.115.18" class="v19_115_18">18</span>But we, the living, will give thanks to him</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_115_18">now and forever.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_115_18">Praise the <span class="nd">Lord</span>!</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">115.8: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">May all … become; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">All who made them and who trust in them will become.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">115.17: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">land of silence: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The world of the dead (see 6.5).</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div 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