Psalm 115–116

Psalm 115

^1aNot unto us, O Lord, not unto us,

But unto thy name ^bgive glory,

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

²Wherefore should the heathen say,

^cWhere is now their God?

^3dBut our God is in the heavens:

^eHe hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

^4fTheir idols are silver and gold,

^gThe work of men’s hands.

⁵They have mouths, ^hbut they speak not:

Eyes have they, ⁱbut they see not:

^6kThey have ears, but they hear not:

Noses have they, but they smell not:

^7lThey have hands, but they handle not:

Feet have they, but they walk not:

Neither speak they through their throat.

^8mThey that make them are like unto them;

So is every one that trusteth in them.

⁹ⁿO Israel, ^otrust thou in the Lord:

^pHe is their help and their ^qshield.

¹⁰ⁿO house of Aaron, ^otrust in the Lord:

^pHe is their help and their ^qshield.

^11nrYe that fear the Lord, ^otrust in the Lord:

^pHe is their help and their ^qshield.

¹²The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us;

He will bless ^sthe house of Israel;

He will bless ^sthe house of Aaron.

¹³He will bless ^ntthem that fear the Lord,

Both small ^†and great.

¹⁴The Lord shall ^uincrease you more and more,

You and your children.

¹⁵Ye are ^vblessed of the Lord

^wWhich made heaven and earth.

^16xThe heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s:

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

^17xxThe dead praise not the ^yLord,

Neither any that go down into ^zsilence.

^18aBut we will bless the ^yLord

From this time forth and for evermore.

^bPraise the Lord.

Psalm 116

¹I ^alove the Lord, because ^bhe hath heard

^bbMy voice and my supplications.

²Because he hath ^cinclined his ear unto me,

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

^3dThe sorrows of death ^ecompassed me,

And the ^fpains of hell ^†gat hold upon me:

I found trouble and sorrow.

^4gThen called I upon the name of the Lord;

O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

^5hGracious is the Lord, and ⁱrighteous;

Yea, our God is ^hmerciful.

⁶The Lord preserveth the ^ksimple:

^lI was brought low, and he helped me.

⁷Return unto thy ^mrest, O my soul;

For the Lord ⁿhath dealt bountifully with thee.

^8oFor thou hast delivered my soul from death,

Mine eyes from tears,

And ^omy feet from falling.

⁹I will walk before the Lord

^pIn the land of the living.

^10qI believed, therefore have I spoken:

I was greatly afflicted:

^11rI said in my haste,

^sAll men are liars.

¹²What shall I ^trender unto the Lord

For all his ^tbenefits toward me?

¹³I will take the ^ucup of salvation,

^xAnd call upon the name of the Lord.

^14yI will pay my vows unto the Lord

Now in the presence of all his people.

^15zPrecious in the sight of the Lord

Is the death of his ^asaints.

¹⁶O Lord, truly ^bI am thy servant;

I am thy servant, and ^cthe son of thine handmaid:

Thou hast ^dloosed my bonds.

¹⁷I will ^eoffer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

^fAnd will call upon the name of the Lord.

^18gI will pay my vows unto the Lord

Now in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹In the ^hcourts of the Lord’s house,

In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

ⁱPraise ye the Lord.