Psalm 115–116

¹Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth.

²Why do the nations say, ‘Where, pray, is their God.

³And our God is in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done.

⁴Their idols are silver and gold, work of man’s hands,

⁵A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

⁶Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not,

⁷Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not;

⁸Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

⁹O Israel, trust in Jehovah, ‘Their help and their shield is He.’

¹⁰O house of Aaron, trust in Jehovah, ‘Their help and their shield is He.’

¹¹Ye fearing Jehovah, trust in Jehovah, ‘Their help and their shield is He.’

¹²Jehovah hath remembered us, He blesseth, He blesseth the house of Israel, He blesseth the house of Aaron,

¹³He blesseth those fearing Jehovah, The small with the great.

¹⁴Jehovah addeth to you, to you, and to your sons.

¹⁵Blessed are ye of Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

¹⁶The heavens—the heavens are Jehovah’s, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,

¹⁷The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.

¹⁸And we, we bless Jah, From henceforth, and unto the age. Praise ye Jah!

Psalm 116

¹I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication,

²Because He hath inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call.

³Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.

⁴And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul,

⁵Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God is merciful,

⁶A preserver of the simple is Jehovah, I was low, and to me He giveth salvation.

⁷Turn back, O my soul, to thy rest, For Jehovah hath conferred benefits on thee.

⁸For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.

⁹I walk habitually before Jehovah In the lands of the living.

¹⁰I have believed, for I speak, I—I have been afflicted greatly.

¹¹I said in my haste, ‘Every man is a liar.’

¹²What do I return to Jehovah? All His benefits are upon me.

¹³The cup of salvation I lift up, And in the name of Jehovah I call.

¹⁴My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people.

¹⁵Precious in the eyes of Jehovah is the death for His saints.

¹⁶Cause it to come, O Jehovah, for I am Thy servant. I am Thy servant, son of Thy handmaid, Thou hast opened my bonds.

¹⁷To Thee I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks, And in the name of Jehovah I call.

¹⁸My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people,

¹⁹In the courts of the house of Jehovah, In thy midst, O Jerusalem, praise ye Jah!

Psalm 117