The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Not to us, ADONAI, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your grace and truth.
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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 Why should the nations ask, "Where is their God?"
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Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?
3 Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.
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But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
4 Their idols are mere silver and gold, made by human hands.
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Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5 They have mouths, but they can't speak; they have eyes, but they can't see;
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They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;
6 they have ears, but they can't hear; they have noses, but they can't smell;
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They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;
7 they have hands, but they can't feel; they have feet, but they can't walk; with their throats they can't make a sound.
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They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.
8 The people who make them will become like them, along with everyone who trusts in them.
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Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.
9 Isra'el, trust in ADONAI! He is their help and shield.
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O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
10 House of Aharon, trust in ADONAI! He is their help and shield.
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O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
11 You who fear ADONAI, trust in ADONAI! He is their help and shield.
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You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
12 ADONAI has kept us in mind, and he will bless. He will bless the house of Isra'el; he will bless the house of Aharon;
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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 those who fear ADONAI, great and small alike.
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He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.
14 May ADONAI increase your numbers, both yours and those of your children.
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May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.
15 May you be blessed by ADONAI, the maker of heaven and earth.
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May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
16 Heaven belongs to ADONAI, but the earth he has given to humankind.
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The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.
17 The dead can't praise ADONAI, not those who sink down into silence.
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The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.
18 But we will bless ADONAI from now on and forever. Halleluyah!
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But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
The Bible in Basic English is in the public domain.