Psalm 115–118

PSALM 115

Heathen Idols Contrasted with the Lord.

^1aNot to us, O Lord, 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 ^acannot speak;

They have eyes, but they cannot see;

⁶They have ears, but they cannot hear;

They have noses, but they cannot smell;

⁷¹They have hands, but they cannot feel;

²They have feet, but they cannot walk;

They cannot make a sound with their throat.

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

Everyone who trusts in them.

⁹O ^aIsrael, ^btrust in the Lord;

He is their ^chelp and their shield.

¹⁰O house of ^aAaron, trust in the Lord;

He is their help and their shield.

¹¹You who ^1afear the Lord, trust in the Lord;

He is their help and their shield.

¹²The Lord ^ahas been mindful of us; He will bless us;

He will bless the house of Israel;

He will bless the house of Aaron.

¹³He will ^abless those who ¹fear the Lord,

^bThe small together with the great.

¹⁴May the Lord ^agive you increase,

You and your children.

¹⁵May you be blessed of the Lord,

^aMaker of heaven and earth.

¹⁶The heavens are ^athe heavens of the Lord,

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

¹⁷The ^adead do not praise ¹the Lord,

Nor do any who go down into ^bsilence;

¹⁸But as for us, we will ^abless ¹the Lord

From this time forth and forever.

²Praise the Lord!

PSALM 116

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death.

^1aI love the Lord, because He ^bhears

My voice and my supplications.

²Because He has ^ainclined His ear to me,

Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live.

³The ^acords of death encompassed me

And the ¹terrors of ²Sheol ³came upon me;

I found distress and sorrow.

⁴Then ^aI called upon the name of the Lord:

“O Lord, I beseech You, ^1bsave my life!”

^5aGracious is the Lord, and ^brighteous;

Yes, our God is ^ccompassionate.

⁶The Lord preserves ^athe simple;

I was ^bbrought low, and He saved me.

⁷Return to your ^arest, O my soul,

For the Lord 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 the Lord

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 ^arender to the Lord

For all His ^bbenefits ¹toward me?

¹³I shall lift up the ^acup of salvation

And ^bcall upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁴I shall ^apay my vows to the Lord,

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

^15aPrecious in the sight of the Lord

Is the death of His godly ones.

¹⁶O Lord, ¹surely I am ^aYour servant,

I am Your servant, the ^bson of Your handmaid,

You have ^cloosed my bonds.

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

And ^bcall upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁸I shall ^apay my vows to the Lord,

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

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

In the midst of you, O ^bJerusalem.

¹Praise ²the Lord!

PSALM 117

A Psalm of Praise.

^1aPraise the Lord, all nations;

Laud Him, all peoples!

²For His ^alovingkindness ¹is great toward us,

And the ^2btruth of the Lord is everlasting.

³Praise ⁴the Lord!

PSALM 118

Thanksgiving for the Lord’s Saving Goodness.

^1aGive thanks to the Lord, for ^bHe is good;

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

²Oh let ^aIsrael say,

“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

³Oh let the ^ahouse of Aaron say,

“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

⁴Oh let those ^awho ¹fear the Lord say,

“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

⁵From my ^adistress I called upon ¹the Lord;

The Lord answered me and ^bset me in a large place.

⁶The Lord is ^afor me; I will ^bnot fear;

^cWhat can man do to me?

⁷The Lord is for me ^aamong those who help me;

Therefore I will ^blook with satisfaction on those who hate me.

⁸It is ^abetter to take refuge in the Lord

Than to trust in man.

⁹It is ^abetter to take refuge in the Lord

Than to trust in princes.

¹⁰All nations ^asurrounded me;

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

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

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

¹²They surrounded me ^alike bees;

They were extinguished as a ^bfire of thorns;

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

¹³You ^apushed me violently so that I ¹was falling,

But the Lord ^bhelped me.

^141aThe Lord 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 the Lord does valiantly.

¹⁶The ^aright hand of the Lord is exalted;

The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

¹⁷I ^awill not die, but live,

And ^btell of the works of ¹the Lord.

¹⁸¹The Lord 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 ¹the Lord.

²⁰This is the gate of the Lord;

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 ¹the Lord’s doing;

It is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day which the Lord has made;

Let us ^arejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵O Lord, ^ado save, we beseech You;

O Lord, we beseech You, do send ^bprosperity!

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

We have ^bblessed you from the house of the Lord.

^27aThe Lord 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 extol You.

^29aGive thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.