Psalms - Chapter 115
| The King James Version | Basic English Version (BBE) |
|
1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. |
1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith. |
|
2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? |
2 Why may the nations say, Where is now their God? |
|
3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. |
3 But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him. |
|
4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. |
4 Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. |
|
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: |
5 They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not; |
|
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: |
6 They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell; |
|
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. |
7 They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat. |
|
8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. |
8 Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them. |
|
9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. |
9 O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. |
|
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. |
10 O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. |
|
11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. |
11 You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. |
|
12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. |
12 The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron. |
|
13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. |
13 He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great. |
|
14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. |
14 May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase. |
|
15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. |
15 May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. |
|
16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. |
16 The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men. |
|
17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. |
17 The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld. |
|
18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD. |
18 But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord. |
Rights in the Authorized Version are vested in the Crown. Published in the United Kingdom by permission of the Crown"s patentee, Cambridge University Press.










