New Living Translation NLT
The Message Bible MSG
1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness.
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Not for our sake, God, no, not for our sake, but for your name's sake, show your glory. Do it on account of your merciful love, do it on account of your faithful ways.
2 Why let the nations say, “Where is their God?”
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Do it so none of the nations can say, "Where now, oh where is their God?"
3 Our God is in the heavens, and he does as he wishes.
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Our God is in heaven doing whatever he wants to do.
4 Their idols are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.
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Their gods are metal and wood, handmade in a basement shop:
5 They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.
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Carved mouths that can't talk, painted eyes that can't see,
6 They have ears but cannot hear, and noses but cannot smell.
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Tin ears that can't hear, molded noses that can't smell,
7 They have hands but cannot feel, and feet but cannot walk, and throats but cannot make a sound.
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Hands that can't grasp, feet that can't walk or run, throats that never utter a sound.
8 And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
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Those who make them have become just like them, have become just like the gods they trust.
9 O Israel, trust the LORD ! He is your helper and your shield.
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But you, Israel: put your trust in God! - trust your Helper! trust your Ruler!
10 O priests, descendants of Aaron, trust the LORD ! He is your helper and your shield.
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Clan of Aaron, trust in God! - trust your Helper! trust your Ruler!
11 All you who fear the LORD, trust the LORD ! He is your helper and your shield.
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You who fear God, trust in God! - trust your Helper! trust your Ruler!
12 The LORD remembers us and will bless us. He will bless the people of Israel and bless the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
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O God, remember us and bless us, bless the families of Israel and Aaron.
13 He will bless those who fear the LORD, both great and lowly.
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And let God bless all who fear God - bless the small, bless the great.
14 May the LORD richly bless both you and your children.
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Oh, let God enlarge your families - giving growth to you, growth to your children.
15 May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
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May you be blessed by God, by God, who made heaven and earth.
16 The heavens belong to the LORD, but he has given the earth to all humanity.
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The heaven of heavens is for God, but he put us in charge of the earth.
17 The dead cannot sing praises to the LORD, for they have gone into the silence of the grave.
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Dead people can't praise God - not a word to be heard from those buried in the ground.
18 But we can praise the LORD both now and forever! Praise the LORD !
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But we bless God, oh yes - we bless him now, we bless him always! Hallelujah!
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