Psalm 115
Non nobis, Domine
The Book of Common Prayer (1979) · 18 verses
- 1
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your Name give glory; *
because of your love and because of your faithfulness. - 2
Why should the heathen say, *
"Where then is their God?" - 3
Our God is in heaven; *
whatever he wills to do he does. - 4
Their idols are silver and gold, *
the work of human hands. - 5
They have mouths, but they cannot speak; *
eyes have they, but they cannot see; - 6
They have ears but they cannot hear; *
noses, but they cannot smell; - 7
They have hands, but they cannot feel; feet, but they cannot walk; *
they make no sound with their throat. - 8
Those who make them are like them, *
and so are all who put their trust in them. - 9
O Israel, trust in the LORD; *
he is their help and their shield. - 10
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; *
he is their help and their shield. - 11
You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; *
he is their help and their shield. - 12
The LORD has been mindful of us, and he will bless us; *
he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; - 13
He will bless those who fear the LORD, *
both small and great together. - 14
May the LORD increase you more and more, *
you and your children after you. - 15
May you be blessed by the LORD, *
the maker of heaven and earth. - 16
The heaven of heavens is the LORD'S, *
but he entrusted the earth to its peoples. - 17
The dead do not praise the LORD, *
nor all those who go down into silence; - 18
But we will bless the LORD, *
from this time forth for evermore. Hallelujah!
The text of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer is in the public domain in the United States.