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Psalms 115 / 150

  1. The Futility of Idols

    (Ps 115:1-18; Ps 135:15-18; Deut 4:28; Deut 31:20; Judg 10:6; 1 Sam 12:21; 2 Ki 19:18-19; 2 Chr 11:15; 2 Chr 13:8-9; 2 Chr 28:23; 2 Chr 32:11-19; Isa 2:8, 11, 17, 20; Isa 10:11; Isa 37:19; Isa 44:9-20; Isa 45:16, 20; Isa 46:1-7; Jer 10:1-16; Jer 50:38; Jer 51:17-18, 44, 47, 53; Ezek 6:13; Ezek 30:13; Hos 13:2; Hab 2:18-19; Zech 11:17)
    1 (To Your Name Give Glory)
    Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
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    Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"
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    Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.
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    Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
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    They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.
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    They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.
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    They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat.
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    Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.
  9. The Lord Alone Is to Be Trusted

    (Ps 115:1-18; Ps 118:8-9; Ps 146:3-6; Gen 15:1; Deut 32:4; 1 Sam 15:29; 2 Sam 22:31; 2 Chr 13:5; Job 11:13; Job 36:21; Prov 3:5-6; Prov 16:20; Prov 25:13; Isa 12:2; Isa 26:4; Isa 30:2; Isa 31:1; Isa 40:31; Jer 17:5-7; Lk 12:29-31)
    9
    O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
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    O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
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    You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
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    The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;
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    he will bless those who fear the Lord, both the small and the great.
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    May the Lord give you increase, you and your children!
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    May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth!
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    The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.
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    The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.
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    But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the Lord!