Psalm 115–118

Psalm 115

115:4–11pp—Ps 135:15–20

¹Not to us, Lord, not to us

but to your name be the glory,^l

because of your love and faithfulness.^m

²Why do the nations say,

“Where is their God?”ⁿ

³Our God is in heaven;^o

he does whatever pleases him.^p

⁴But their idols are silver and gold,^q

made by human hands.^r

⁵They have mouths, but cannot speak,^s

eyes, but cannot see.

⁶They have ears, but cannot hear,

noses, but cannot smell.

⁷They have hands, but cannot feel,

feet, but cannot walk,

nor can they utter a sound with their throats.

⁸Those who make them will be like them,

and so will all who trust in them.

⁹All you Israelites, trust^t in the Lord—

he is their help and shield.

¹⁰House of Aaron,^u trust in the Lord—

he is their help and shield.

¹¹You who fear him,^v trust in the Lord—

he is their help and shield.

¹²The Lord remembers^w us and will bless us:^x

He will bless his people Israel,

he will bless the house of Aaron,

¹³he will bless those who fear^y 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 heaven^a and earth.

¹⁶The highest heavens belong to the Lord,^b

but the earth he has given^c to mankind.

¹⁷It is not the dead^d 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

Psalm 116

¹I love the Lord,^h for he heard my voice;

he heard my cryⁱ for mercy.^j

²Because he turned his ear^k to me,

I will call on him as long as I live.

³The cords of death^l entangled me,

the anguish of the grave came over me;

I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

⁴Then I called on the name^m of the Lord:

“Lord, save me!ⁿ”

⁵The Lord is gracious and righteous;^o

our God is full of compassion.^p

⁶The Lord protects the unwary;

when I was brought low,^q he saved me.^r

⁷Return to your rest,^s my soul,

for the Lord has been good^t to you.

⁸For you, Lord, have delivered me^u from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling,

⁹that I may walk before the Lord^v

in the land of the living.^w

¹⁰I trusted^x in the Lord when I said,

“I am greatly afflicted”;^y

¹¹in my alarm I said,

“Everyone is a liar.”^z

¹²What shall I return to the Lord

for all his goodness^a to me?

¹³I will lift up the cup of salvation

and call on the name^b of the Lord.

¹⁴I will fulfill my vows^c to the Lord

in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵Precious in the sight^d of the Lord

is the death of his faithful servants.^e

¹⁶Truly I am your servant, Lord;^f

I serve you just as my mother did;^g

you have freed me from my chains.^h

¹⁷I will sacrifice a thank offeringⁱ to you

and call on the name of the Lord.

¹⁸I will fulfill my vows^j to the Lord

in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹in the courts^k of the house of the Lord—

in your midst, Jerusalem.^l

Praise the Lord.^a

Psalm 117

¹Praise the Lord,^m all you nations;ⁿ

extol him, all you peoples.

²For great is his love^o toward us,

and the faithfulness of the Lord^p endures forever.

Praise the Lord.^a

Psalm 118

¹Give thanks to the Lord,^q for he is good;^r

his love endures forever.^s

²Let Israel say:^t

“His love endures forever.”^u

³Let the house of Aaron say:^v

“His love endures forever.”

⁴Let those who fear the Lord^w say:

“His love endures forever.”

⁵When hard pressed,^x I cried to the Lord;

he brought me into a spacious place.^y

⁶The Lord is with me;^z I will not be afraid.

What can mere mortals do to me?^a

⁷The Lord is with me; he is my helper.^b

I look in triumph on my enemies.^c

⁸It is better to take refuge in the Lord^d

than to trust in humans.^e

⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord

than to trust in princes.^f

¹⁰All the nations surrounded me,

but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.^g

¹¹They surrounded me^h on every side,ⁱ

but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.

¹²They swarmed around me like bees,^j

but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;^k

in the name of the Lord I cut them down.^l

¹³I was pushed back and about to fall,

but the Lord helped me.^m

¹⁴The Lord is my strengthⁿ and my defense^a;

he has become my salvation.^o

¹⁵Shouts of joy^p and victory

resound in the tents of the righteous:

“The Lord’s right hand^q has done mighty things!^r

¹⁶The Lord’s right hand is lifted high;

the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!”

¹⁷I will not die^s but live,

and will proclaim^t what the Lord has done.

¹⁸The Lord has chastened^u me severely,

but he has not given me over to death.^v

¹⁹Open for me the gates^w of the righteous;

I will enter^x and give thanks to the Lord.

²⁰This is the gate of the Lord^y

through which the righteous may enter.^z

²¹I will give you thanks, for you answered me;^a

you have become my salvation.^b

²²The stone^c the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone;^d

²³the Lord has done this,

and it is marvelous^e in our eyes.

²⁴The Lord has done it this very day;

let us rejoice today and be glad.^f

²⁵Lord, save us!^g

Lord, grant us success!

²⁶Blessed is he who comes^h in the name of the Lord.

From the house of the Lord we bless you.^bi

²⁷The Lord is God,^j

and he has made his light shine^k on us.

With boughs in hand,^l join in the festal procession

up^c to the horns of the altar.^m

²⁸You are my God, and I will praise you;

you are my God,ⁿ and I will exalt^o you.

²⁹Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

his love endures forever.