Psalm 115

To Your Name Give Glory

115:1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

²Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” ³Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

⁴Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. ⁵They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. ⁶They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. ⁷They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat. ⁸Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.

⁹O Israel,[1] trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield. ¹⁰O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield. ¹¹You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.

¹²The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; ¹³he will bless those who fear the Lord, both the small and the great.

¹⁴May the Lord give you increase, you and your children! ¹⁵May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth!

¹⁶The heavens are the Lord’s heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man. ¹⁷The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence. ¹⁸But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the Lord!

[1] Masoretic Text; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac O house of Israel

Psalm 116

I Love the Lord

116:1 I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. ²Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. ³The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. ⁴Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

⁵Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful. ⁶The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. ⁷Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

⁸For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling; ⁹I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

¹⁰I believed, even when[2] I spoke, “I am greatly afflicted”; ¹¹I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars.”

¹²What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me? ¹³I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord, ¹⁴I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. ¹⁶O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds. ¹⁷I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord. ¹⁸I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people, ¹⁹in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!

[2] Or believed, indeed; Septuagint believed, therefore

Psalm 117

The Lord’s Faithfulness Endures Forever

117:1 Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! ²For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 118

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

118:1 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

²Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” ³Let the house of Aaron say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” ⁴Let those who fear the Lord say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”

⁵Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free. ⁶The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? ⁷The Lord is on my side as my helper; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.

⁸It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. ⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.

¹⁰All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off! ¹¹They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the Lord I cut them off! ¹²They surrounded me like bees; they went out like a fire among thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off! ¹³I was pushed hard,[3] so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.

¹⁴The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. ¹⁵Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the Lord does valiantly, ¹⁶ the right hand of the Lord exalts, the right hand of the Lord does valiantly!”

¹⁷I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord. ¹⁸The Lord has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. ²⁰This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it. ²¹I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. ²²The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.^[4]²³This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success!

²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord. ²⁷The Lord is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar!

²⁸You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you. ²⁹Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

[3] Hebrew You (that is, the enemy) pushed me hard [4] Hebrew the head of the corner