Psalm 115

To Your Name Be the Glory

(Psalms 135:1–21)

¹ Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.

² Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

³ Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.

Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;

they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.1

Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

O Israel,2 trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

¹⁰ O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

¹¹ You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

¹² The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron;

¹³ He will bless those who fear the LORD— small and great alike.

¹⁴ May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.

¹⁵ May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

¹⁶ The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

¹⁷ It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

¹⁸ But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!3


  1. 115:7 Literally they cannot utter with their throat ↩︎

  2. 115:9 MT; many Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Syriac O house of Israel ↩︎

  3. 115:18 Or Hallelu YAH, meaning Praise the LORD ↩︎