1Not for our sake, O Lord, not for our sake, but unto thy name give glory, for the sake of thy kindness, for the sake of thy truth.
2Wherefore should the nations say, Where now is their God?
3Whereas our God is in the heavens: whatsoever he desireth hath he done.
4Their idols are sliver and gold, the work of the hands of man.
5A mouth they have, but speak not; eyes they have, but see not;
6Ears they have, but hear not; a nose they have, but smell not.
7They have hands, but they touch not; they have feet, but they walk not: nor do they give any utterance by their throat.
8Like them are those that make them, every one that trusteth in them.
9O Israel, trust thou in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.
10O house of Aaron, trust ye in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.
11Ye that fear the Lord, trust ye in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.
12The Lord hath even been mindful of us, he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;
13He will bless those that fear the Lord, the small together with the great.
14May the Lord increase you more and more, you and your children.
15Blessed are ye of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
16The heavens are the heavens of the Lord; but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
17Not the dead can praise the Lord, nor all those that go down into the silence of death.
18But as for us, we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Hallelujah.
