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Psalm 115
115:1 Not to us, Yahweh, not to us,
but to your name give glory,
for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
115:2 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God, now?”
115:3 But our God is in the heavens.
He does whatever he pleases.
115:4 Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of men’s hands.
115:5 They have mouths, but they don’t speak.
They have eyes, but they don’t see.
115:6 They have ears, but they don’t hear.
They have noses, but they don’t smell.
115:7 They have hands, but they don’t feel.
They have feet, but they don’t walk,
neither do they speak through their throat.
115:8 Those who make them will be like them;
yes, everyone who trusts in them.
115:9 Israel, trust in Yahweh!
He is their help and their shield.
115:10 House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh!
He is their help and their shield.
115:11 You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh!
He is their help and their shield.
115:12 Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel.
He will bless the house of Aaron.
115:13 He will bless those who fear Yahweh,
both small and great.
115:14 May Yahweh increase you more and more,
you and your children.
115:15 Blessed are you by Yahweh,
who made heaven and earth.
115:16 The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh;
but the earth has he given to the children of men.
115:17 The dead don’t praise Yah,
neither any who go down into silence;
115:18 But we will bless Yah,
from this time forth and forevermore.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 116
116:1 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice,
and my cries for mercy.
116:2 Because he has turned his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
116:3 The cords of death surrounded me,
the pains of Sheol got a hold of me.
I found trouble and sorrow.
116:4 Then I called on the name of Yahweh:
“Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”
116:5 Yahweh is Gracious and righteous.
Yes, our God is merciful.
116:6 Yahweh preserves the simple.
I was brought low, and he saved me.
116:7 Return to your rest, my soul,
for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
116:8 For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
and my feet from falling.
116:9 I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
116:10 I believed, therefore I said,
“I was greatly afflicted.”
116:11 I said in my haste,
“All men are liars.”
116:12 What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh.
116:14 I will pay my vows to Yahweh,
yes, in the presence of all his people.
116:15 Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.
116:16 Yahweh, truly I am your servant.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
116:17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of Yahweh.
116:18 I will pay my vows to Yahweh,
yes, in the presence of all his people,
116:19 in the courts of Yahweh’s house,
in the midst of you, Jerusalem.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 117
117:1 Praise Yahweh, all you nations!
Extol him, all you peoples!
117:2 For his loving kindness is great toward us.
Yahweh’s faithfulness endures forever.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 118
118:1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
118:2 Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
118:4 Now let those who fear Yahweh say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
118:5 Out of my distress, I called on Yah.
Yah answered me with freedom.
118:6 Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
118:7 Yahweh is on my side among those who help me.
Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
118:8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh,
than to put confidence in man.
118:9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh,
than to put confidence in princes.
118:10 All the nations surrounded me,
but in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off.
118:11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me.
In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off.
118:12 They surrounded me like bees.
They are quenched like the burning thorns.
In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.
118:13 You pushed me back hard, to make me fall,
but Yahweh helped me.
118:14 Yah is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous.
“The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
118:16 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted!
The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”
118:17 I will not die, but live,
and declare Yah’s works.
118:18 Yah has punished me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness.
I will enter into them.
I will give thanks to Yah.
118:20 This is the gate of Yahweh;
the righteous will enter into it.
118:21 I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
118:22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
118:23 This is Yahweh’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
118:24 This is the day that Yahweh has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it!
118:25 Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh!
Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.
118:26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh!
We have blessed you out of the house of Yahweh.
118:27 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.
Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
118:28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you.
You are my God, I will exalt you.
118:29 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.