Psalm 115

Easy-to-Read Version

115 Lord, you should receive the honor, not us.
    The honor belongs to you
    because of your faithful love and loyalty.
²Why should the nations wonder
    where our God is?
³Our God is in heaven,
    and he does whatever he wants.
⁴The “gods” of those nations are only statues
    that some human made from gold and silver.
⁵Those statues have mouths, but cannot talk.
    They have eyes, but cannot see.
⁶They have ears, but cannot hear.
    They have noses, but cannot smell.
⁷They have hands, but cannot feel.
    They have feet, but cannot walk.
    No sounds come from their throats.
⁸The people who make and trust in those statues
    will become like them!

⁹People of Israel, trust in the Lord!
    He is your strength and shield.
¹⁰Aaron’s family, trust in the Lord!
    He is your strength and shield.
¹¹Followers of the Lord, trust in the Lord!
    He is your strength and shield.

¹²The Lord remembers us.
    He will bless us.
He will bless Israel.
    He will bless Aaron’s family.
¹³The Lord will bless his followers,
    great and small.

¹⁴May the Lord give more and more to you
    and to your children.
¹⁵May you receive blessings from the Lord,^[a]
    who made heaven and earth.
¹⁶Heaven belongs to the Lord,
    but he gave the earth to people.
¹⁷The dead don’t praise him.
    Those in the grave don’t praise the Lord.
¹⁸But we will praise the Lord
    now and forever!