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Psalm 115:12–18

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12The Lord remembersw us and will bless us:x

He will bless his people Israel,

he will bless the house of Aaron,

13he will bless those who feary the Lord—

small and great alike.

14May the Lord cause you to flourish,z

both you and your children.

15May you be blessed by the Lord,

the Maker of heavena and earth.

16The highest heavens belong to the Lord,b

but the earth he has givenc to mankind.

17It is not the deadd who praise the Lord,

those who go down to the place of silence;

18it is we who extol the Lord,e

both now and forevermore.f

Praise the Lord.ag

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Footnotes

  1. aHebrew Hallelu Yah

Cross references

  1. wSee 1 Ch 16:15
  2. xSee Ge 12:2
  3. ySee Ps 112:1
  4. zDt 1:11
  5. aSee Ge 1:1; Ac 14:15; See Rev 10:6
  6. bSee Ps 89:11
  7. cSee Ge 1:28; Ps 8:6–8
  8. dPs 88:10–12
  9. eSee Ps 111:1
  10. fSee Ps 113:2
  11. gPs 28:6; 33:2; 103:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us;

he will bless the house of Israel;

he will bless the house of Aaron;

he will bless those who fear the Lord,

both the small and the great.

May the Lord give you increase,

you and your children!

May you be blessed by the Lord,

who made heaven and earth!

The heavens are the Lord’s heavens,

but the earth he has given to the children of man.

The dead do not praise the Lord,

nor do any who go down into silence.

But we will bless the Lord

from this time forth and forevermore.

Praise the Lord!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord remembers us and will bless us.

He will bless the house of Israel;

he will bless the house of Aaron;

he will bless those who fear the Lord—

small and great alike.

May the Lord add to your numbers,

both yours and your children’s.

May you be blessed by the Lord,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

The heavens are the Lord’s,

but the earth he has given to the human race.

It is not the dead who praise the Lord,

nor any of those descending into the silence of death.

But we will bless the Lord,

both now and forever.

Hallelujah!

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord remembers us and will bless us.

He will bless the people of Israel

and bless the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

He will bless those who fear the Lord,

both great and lowly.

May the Lord richly bless

both you and your children.

May you be blessed by the Lord,

who made heaven and earth.

The heavens belong to the Lord,

but he has given the earth to all humanity.

The dead cannot sing praises to the Lord,

for they have gone into the silence of the grave.

But we can praise the Lord

both now and forever!

Praise the Lord!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yahweh remembers us; he will bless us.

He will bless the house of Israel;

he will bless the house of Aaron.

He will bless those who fear Yahweh,

the small with the great.

May Yahweh give you increase,

you and your children.

May you be blessed by Yahweh,

who made heaven and earth.

The heavens are Yahweh’s heavens,

but the earth he has given to the children of humankind.

The dead do not praise Yah,

nor any descending into silence.

It is we, we will bless Yah

from now until forever.

Praise Yah!

KJV 1900King James Version

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

He will bless the house of Israel;

He will bless the house of Aaron.

He will bless them that fear the Lord,

Both small and great.

The Lord shall increase you more and more,

You and your children.

Ye are blessed of the Lord

Which made heaven and earth.

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s:

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

The dead praise not the Lord,

Neither any that go down into silence.

But we will bless the Lord

From this time forth and for evermore.

Praise the Lord.