Verse 1
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.
Verse 2
Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?
Verse 3
But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
Verse 4
Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Verse 5
They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;
Verse 6
They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;
Verse 7
They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.
Verse 8
Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.
Verse 9
O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
Verse 10
O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
Verse 11
You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
Verse 12
The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.
Verse 13
He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.
Verse 14
May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.
Verse 15
May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Verse 16
The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.
Verse 17
The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.
Verse 18
But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.