1Not for our sake, Lord, not for our sake, but for the sake of Your Name bestow glory, because of Your kindness and Your truth.
2Why should the nations say, "Where, now, is their God?”
3Indeed, our God is in heaven; whatever He desires, He does.
4Their idols are of silver and gold, the product of human hands.
5They have a mouth, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
6they have ears, but cannot hear; they have a nose, but cannot smell;
7their hands cannot touch; their feet cannot walk; they can make no sound in their throat.
8Those who make them will become like them-all who put their trust in them.
9Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.
10House 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 who is ever mindful of us, may He bless: May He bless the House of Israel; may He bless the House of Aaron;
13may He bless those who fear the Lord, the small with the great.
14May the Lord increase [blessing] upon you, upon you and upon your children.
15You are blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
16The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth He gave to the children of man.
17The dead cannot praise the Lord, nor any who descend into the silence [of the grave].
18But we will bless the Lord from now to eternity. Praise the Lord!