Psalm 115–116

PSALM 115

To Yahweh’s Name Give Glory

^1aNot to us, O Yahweh, not to us,

But ^bto Your name give glory

Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your ¹truth.

^2aWhy should the nations say,

“^bWhere, now, is their God?”

³But our ^aGod is in the heavens;

He ^bdoes whatever He pleases.

⁴Their ^aidols are silver and gold,

The ^bwork of man’s hands.

⁵They have mouths, but they ^ado not speak;

They have eyes, but they do not see;

⁶They have ears, but they do not hear;

They have noses, but they do not smell;

⁷As for their hands, they do not feel;

As for their feet, they do not walk;

They do not make a sound with their throat.

^8aThose who make them ¹will become like them,

Everyone who trusts in them.

⁹O ^aIsrael, ^btrust in Yahweh;

He is their ^chelp and their shield.

¹⁰O house of ^aAaron, trust in Yahweh;

He is their help and their shield.

¹¹You who ^1afear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh;

He is their help and their shield.

¹²Yahweh ^aremembered us; He will bless!

He will bless the house of Israel.

He will bless the house of Aaron.

¹³He will ^abless those who ¹fear Yahweh,

^bThe small together with the great.

¹⁴May Yahweh ^agive you increase,

You and your children.

¹⁵May you be blessed of Yahweh,

^aWho made heaven and earth.

¹⁶The heavens are ^athe heavens of Yahweh,

But ^bthe earth He has given to the sons of men.

¹⁷It is not the ^adead that praise Yah,

And it is none of those who go down to ^bsilence;

¹⁸But as for us, we will ^abless Yah

From now until forever.

¹Praise Yah!

PSALM 116

I Love Yahweh

^1aI love Yahweh, because He ^bhears

My voice and my supplications.

²Because He has ^ainclined His ear to me,

So I shall call upon Him in all my days.

³The ^acords of death encompassed me

And the ¹distresses of Sheol found me;

I found distress and sorrow.

⁴Then ^aI called upon the name of Yahweh:

“O Yahweh, I beseech You, ^1bprovide my soul escape!”

^5aGracious is Yahweh, and ^brighteous;

And our God is ^ccompassionate.

⁶Yahweh keeps ^athe simple;

I was ^bbrought low, and He saved me.

⁷Return to your ^arest, O my soul,

For Yahweh has ^bdealt bountifully with you.

⁸For You have ^arescued my soul from death,

My eyes from tears,

My feet from stumbling.

⁹I shall walk before Yahweh

In the ^1aland of the living.

¹⁰I ^abelieved when I said,

“I am ^bgreatly afflicted.”

¹¹I ^asaid in my alarm,

“^bAll men are liars.”

¹²What shall I ^agive to Yahweh in return

For all His ^bbountiful dealings ¹with me?

¹³I shall lift up the ^acup of ¹salvation

And ^bcall upon the name of Yahweh.

¹⁴I shall ^apay my vows to Yahweh,

Oh may it be ^bin the presence of all His people.

^15aPrecious in the sight of Yahweh

Is the death of His holy ones.

¹⁶O Yahweh, ¹surely I am ^aYour slave,

I am Your slave, the ^bson of Your maidservant,

You have ^cloosed my bonds.

¹⁷To You I shall offer ^aa sacrifice of thanksgiving,

And ^bcall upon the name of Yahweh.

¹⁸I shall ^apay my vows to Yahweh,

Oh may it be in the presence of all His people,

¹⁹In the ^acourts of the house of Yahweh,

In the midst of you, O ^bJerusalem.

¹Praise Yah!