The Futility of Idols and the Trustworthiness of God

115 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us,But to Your name give glory,Because of Your mercy,Because of Your truth.² Why should the Gentiles say,“So where is their God?”

³ But our God is in heaven;He does whatever He pleases.⁴ Their idols are silver and gold,The work of men’s hands.⁵ They have mouths, but they do not speak;Eyes they have, but they do not see;⁶ They have ears, but they do not hear;Noses they have, but they do not smell;⁷ They have hands, but they do not handle;Feet they have, but they do not walk;Nor do they mutter through their throat.⁸ Those who make them are like them;So is everyone who trusts in them.

⁹ O Israel, trust in the Lord;He is their help and their shield.¹⁰ O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord;He is their help and their shield.¹¹ You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord;He is their help and their shield.

¹² The Lord has been 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,Both small and great.

¹⁴ May the Lord give you increase more and more,You and your children.¹⁵ May you be blessed by the Lord,Who made heaven and earth.

¹⁶ The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s;But the earth He has given to the children of men.¹⁷ The dead do not praise the Lord,Nor any who go down into silence.¹⁸ But we will bless the LordFrom this time forth and forevermore.

Praise the Lord!