Psalm 115–116

Psalm 115

¹Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us,

But unto thy name give glory,

For thy lovingkindness, and for thy truth’s sake.

²Wherefore should the nations say,

Where is now their God?

³But our God is in the heavens:

He hath done whatsoever he pleased.

⁴Their idols are silver and gold,

The work of men’s hands.

⁵They have mouths, but they speak not;

Eyes have they, but they see not;

⁶They have ears, but they hear not;

Noses have they, but they smell not;

⁷They have hands, but they handle not;

Feet have they, but they walk not;

Neither speak they through their throat.

⁸They that make them shall be like unto them;

Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

⁹O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah:

He is their help and their shield.

¹⁰O house of Aaron, trust ye in Jehovah:

He is their help and their shield.

¹¹Ye that fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah:

He is their help and their shield.

¹²Jehovah hath been mindful of us; he will bless us:

He will bless the house of Israel;

He will bless the house of Aaron.

¹³He will bless them that fear Jehovah,

Both small and great.

¹⁴Jehovah increase you more and more,

You and your children.

¹⁵Blessed are ye of Jehovah,

Who made heaven and earth.

¹⁶The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah;

But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

¹⁷The dead praise not Jehovah,

Neither any that go down into silence;

¹⁸But we will bless Jehovah

From this time forth and for evermore.

Praise ye Jehovah.

Psalm 116

¹I love Jehovah, because he heareth

My voice and my supplications.

²Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,

Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

³The cords of death compassed me,

And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me:

I found trouble and sorrow.

⁴Then called I upon the name of Jehovah:

O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

⁵Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous;

Yea, our God is merciful.

⁶Jehovah preserveth the simple:

I was brought low, and he saved me.

⁷Return unto thy rest, O my soul;

For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.

⁸For thou hast delivered my soul from death,

Mine eyes from tears,

And my feet from falling.

⁹I will walk before Jehovah

In the land of the living.

¹⁰I believe, for I will speak:

I was greatly afflicted:

¹¹I said in my haste,

All men are liars.

¹²What shall I render unto Jehovah

For all his benefits toward me?

¹³I will take the cup of salvation,

And call upon the name of Jehovah.

¹⁴I will pay my vows unto Jehovah,

Yea, in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵Precious in the sight of Jehovah

Is the death of his saints.

¹⁶O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant:

I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid;

Thou hast loosed my bonds.

¹⁷I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

And will call upon the name of Jehovah.

¹⁸I will pay my vows unto Jehovah,

Yea, in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹In the courts of Jehovah’s house,

In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Praise ye Jehovah.