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class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Why should the nations say,</p><p class="poem">“Where is their God? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Our God is in heaven</p><p class="poem">and does whatever he pleases.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Their idols are silver and gold,</p><p class="poem">made by human hands.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They have mouths but cannot speak,</p><p class="poem">eyes, but cannot see.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They have ears but cannot hear,</p><p class="poem">noses, but cannot smell.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They have hands but cannot feel,</p><p class="poem">feet, but cannot walk.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">They cannot make a sound with their throats.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Those who make them are<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.115.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> just like them,</p><p class="poem">as are all who trust in them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Israel,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.115.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> trust in the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">He is their help and shield.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>House of Aaron, trust in the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">He is their help and shield.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You who fear the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, trust in the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">He is their help and shield.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> remembers us and will bless us.</p><p class="poem">He will bless the house of Israel;</p><p class="poem">he will bless the house of Aaron;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>he will bless those who fear the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> —</p><p class="poem">small and great alike.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>May the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> add to your numbers,</p><p class="poem">both yours and your children’s.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>May you be blessed by the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">the Maker of heaven and earth.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The heavens are the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.115.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">but the earth he has given to the human race.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>It is not the dead who praise the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">nor any of those descending into the silence of death.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.115.18" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/115-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But we will bless the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">both now and forever.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.115.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Hallelujah!</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.115" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.115.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.8">115:8</a></span> Or <span class="italic">May those who make them become</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.115.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.9">115:9</a></span> Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr read <span class="italic">House of Israel</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.115.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.16">115:16</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the Lord’s heavens</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.115" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.1">115:1</a></span> Ezk 36:22; Dn 9:18–19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.2">115:2</a></span> Ps 42:3,10; 79:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.3">115:3</a></span> Ps 135:6; Dn 4:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.4">115:4</a></span> 2Kg 19:18; Is 37:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.5">115:5-6</a></span> Is 46:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.7">115:7</a></span> Jr 10:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.7">115:7</a></span> Hab 2:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.4">115:4-8</a></span> Ps 135:15–18</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.9">115:9</a></span> Ps 118:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.9">115:9</a></span> Gn 15:1; Dt 33:29; Ps 3:3; 5:12; 18:2; 28:7; 33:20; 119:114</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.10">115:10</a></span> Ps 118:3; 135:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.10">115:10-11</a></span> Ps 33:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.11">115:11</a></span> Ps 22:23; 118:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.12">115:12</a></span> Ps 98:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.13">115:13</a></span> Rv 11:18; 19:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.14">115:14</a></span> Dt 1:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.15">115:15</a></span> Ps 121:2; 124:8; 134:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.16">115:16</a></span> Ps 89:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.17">115:17</a></span> Ps 6:5; 31:17; 88:10–12; 94:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.115.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.115.18">115:18</a></span> Ps 113:2; Dn 2:20</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.115" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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