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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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/psalms/115.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Impotence of Idols</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Not to us, LORD, not to us,</p> <p class="poetry2">but to your name be given glory</p> <p class="poetry2">on account of your gracious love and faithfulness.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Why should the nations ask</p> <p class="poetry2">“Where now is their God?”</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>when our God is in the heavens</p> <p class="poetry2">and he does whatever he desires?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Their idols are silver and gold,</p> <p class="poetry2">crafted by human hands.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They have mouths, but cannot speak;</p> <p class="poetry2">they have eyes, but cannot see.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They have ears, but cannot hear;</p> <p class="poetry2">they have noses, but cannot smell.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They have hands, but cannot touch;</p> <p class="poetry2">feet, but cannot walk;</p> <p class="poetry2">they cannot even groan with their throats.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Those who craft them will become like them,</p> <p class="poetry2">as will all those who trust in them.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Israel, trust in the LORD!</p> <p class="poetry2">He is their helper and shield.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>House of Aaron, trust in the LORD!</p> <p class="poetry2">He is their helper and shield.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD!</p> <p class="poetry2">He is their helper and shield.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The LORD remembers and blesses us.</p> <p class="poetry2">He will indeed bless the house of Israel;</p> <p class="poetry2">he will bless the house of Aaron.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He will bless those who fear the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">both the important and the insignificant together.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>May the LORD add to your numbers—</p> <p class="poetry2">to you and to your descendants.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>May you be blessed by the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">who made the heavens and the earth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The highest heavens<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="115:16 Lit. heaven of heaven">a</a></span> belong to the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">but he gave the earth to human beings.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Neither can the dead praise the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">nor those who go down into the silence of death.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="115:17 The Heb. lacks of death">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/115-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But we will bless the LORD</p> <p class="poetry2">from now to eternity.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">Hallelujah!</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 115:16 Lit. <i>heaven 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