5/21/11

Psalm 115



1 Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name glory give,
   for your steadfast love and grace, for your cov'nant faithfulness.
2 Why should heathen nations say, "Where now is their mighty God?"



3 But our God in heaven is; he does all that pleases him;
4 their gods are of silver, gold, fashioned by the hands of men:
5 they have mouths but do not speak; they have eyes but do not see;



6 they have ears but do not hear, noses have but do not smell;
7 they have hands but do not touch; they have feet but do not walk;
   in their throat they make no sound. 8 Such, all who them make or trust.



9  Israel, trust in the LORD--he's their help and he's their shield!
10 Aaron's house, trust in the LORD--he's their help and he's their shield!
11 Who the LORD fear, trust the LORD--he's their help and he's their shield!


12 As the LORD has thought of us, mindful still, he'll bless us now,
    he will bless all Isr'el's house; he will bless all Aaron's house;
13 he'll bless all who fear the LORD whether they be small or great.


14  May the LORD so add to you that your numbers will abound.
    And as generations pass may your children still increase.

15 Bless-ed be you of the LORD, he who made the heav'n and earth.


16  Heav'ns are heavens of the LORD, earth he's giv'n to sons of men.
17 Dead ones will not praise the LORD, nor those bound for silent graves.
 18 But we'll bless the LORD henceforth, evermore, O praise the LORD!

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