Psalm 115–118

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!

PSALM 117

Yahweh’s Lovingkindness Prevails

^1aPraise Yahweh, all nations;

Laud Him, all peoples!

²For His ^alovingkindness prevails over us,

And the ^1btruth of Yahweh is everlasting.

²Praise Yah!

PSALM 118

Yahweh’s Lovingkindness Endures Forever

^1aGive thanks to Yahweh, for ^bHe is good;

For His lovingkindness endures forever.

²Oh let ^aIsrael say,

“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

³Oh let the ^ahouse of Aaron say,

“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

⁴Oh let those ^awho ¹fear Yahweh say,

“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

⁵From my ^adistress I called upon Yah;

Yah answered me and ^bset me in a large place.

⁶Yahweh is ^afor me; I will ^bnot fear;

^cWhat can man do to me?

⁷Yahweh is for me ^aamong those who help me;

Therefore I will ^blook in triumph on those who hate me.

⁸It is ^abetter to take refuge in Yahweh

Than to trust in man.

⁹It is ^abetter to take refuge in Yahweh

Than to trust in nobles.

¹⁰All nations ^asurrounded me;

In the name of Yahweh I will surely ^bcut them off.

¹¹They ^asurrounded me, indeed, they surrounded me;

In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off.

¹²They surrounded me ^alike bees;

They were extinguished as a ^bfire of thorns;

In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off.

¹³You ^apushed me down violently to make me fall,

But Yahweh ^bhelped me.

^14aYah is my strength and song,

And He has become ^bmy salvation.

¹⁵The sound of ^ajoyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous;

The ^bright hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

¹⁶The ^aright hand of Yahweh is exalted;

The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

¹⁷I ^awill not die; indeed I will live,

And ^brecount the works of Yah.

¹⁸Yah has ^adisciplined me severely,

But He has ^bnot given me over to death.

^19aOpen to me the gates of righteousness;

I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to Yah.

²⁰This is the gate of Yahweh;

The ^arighteous will enter through it.

²¹I shall give thanks to You, for You have ^aanswered me,

And You have ^bbecome my salvation.

²²The ^astone which the builders rejected

Has become the chief corner stone.

²³This is from Yahweh;

It is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day which Yahweh has made;

Let us ^arejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵O Yahweh, ^asave!

O Yahweh, ^bsucceed!

^26aBlessed is the one who comes in the name of Yahweh;

We have ^bblessed you from the house of Yahweh.

^27aYahweh is God, and He has given us ^blight;

Bind the festival sacrifice with cords ¹to the ^chorns of the altar.

^28aYou are my God, and I give thanks to You;

You are my God, ^bI exalt You.

^29aGive thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;

For His lovingkindness endures forever.