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Good News Translation GNT
1 Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.
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To you alone, O Lord, to you alone, and not to us, must glory be given because of your constant love and faithfulness.
2 Why do the nations say, “Where is their God?”
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Why should the nations ask us, "Where is your God?"
3 Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.
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Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he wishes.
4 But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
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Their gods are made of silver and gold, formed by human hands.
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.
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They have mouths, but cannot speak, and eyes, but cannot see.
6 They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.
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They have ears, but cannot hear, and noses, but cannot smell.
7 They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
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They have hands, but cannot feel, and feet, but cannot walk; they cannot make a sound.
8 Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
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May all who made them and who trust in them become like the idols they have made.
9 All you Israelites, trust in the LORD— he is their help and shield.
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Trust in the Lord, you people of Israel. He helps you and protects you.
10 House of Aaron, trust in the LORD— he is their help and shield.
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Trust in the Lord, you priests of God. He helps you and protects you.
11 You who fear him, trust in the LORD— he is their help and shield.
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Trust in the Lord, all you that worship him. He helps you and protects you.
12 The LORD remembers us and will bless us: He will bless his people Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron,
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The Lord remembers us and will bless us; he will bless the people of Israel and all the priests of God.
13 he will bless those who fear the LORD— small and great alike.
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He will bless everyone who honors him, the great and the small alike.
14 May the LORD cause you to flourish, both you and your children.
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May the Lord give you children - you and your descendants!
15 May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
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May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth!
16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.
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Heaven belongs to the Lord alone, but he gave the earth to us humans.
17 It is not the dead who praise the LORD, those who go down to the place of silence;
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The Lord is not praised by the dead, by any who go down to the land of silence.
18 it is we who extol the LORD, both now and forevermore. Praise the LORD.
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But we, the living, will give thanks to him now and forever. Praise the Lord!
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.