Psalms 115 YLT
Summary: A polemic against idolatry opening with humility rather than self-praise: "Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory" (v. 1). It mocks the lifeless idols of the nations at length — "They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not" (v. 5) — warning that those who make them become like them. It closes with a threefold liturgical refrain urging Israel, the house of Aaron, and "ye that fear the LORD" to trust in the LORD as their help and shield (v. 9-11), ending in a vow of perpetual praise: "The dead praise not the LORD... but we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore" (v. 17-18).
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!
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