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The Futility of Idols and the Trustworthiness of God
1Not ⚓unto us, O Lord, not unto us,
But to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy,
Because of Your truth.
2Why should the Gentiles say,
⚓“So where is their God?”
3⚓But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.
4⚓Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
5They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;
6They have ears, but they do not hear;
Noses they have, but they do not smell;
7They have hands, but they do not handle;
Feet they have, but they do not walk;
Nor do they mutter through their throat.
8⚓Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.
9⚓O Israel, 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 been mindful of us;
He will bless us;
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
13⚓He will bless those who fear the Lord,
Both small and great.
14May the Lord give you increase more and more,
You and your children.
15May you be⚓blessed by the Lord,
⚓Who made heaven and earth.
16The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s;
But the earth He has given to the children of men.
17⚓The dead do not praise the Lord,
Nor any who go down into silence.
18⚓But we will bless the Lord
From this time forth and forevermore.
Praise the Lord!