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Psalms 115

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBNot to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
    KJVNot unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
  2. 2
    WEBWhy should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?”
    KJVWherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
  3. 3
    WEBBut our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
    KJVBut our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
  4. 4
    WEBTheir idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
    KJVTheir idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
  5. 5
    WEBThey have mouths, but they don’t speak. They have eyes, but they don’t see.
    KJVThey have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
  6. 6
    WEBThey have ears, but they don’t hear. They have noses, but they don’t smell.
    KJVThey have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
  7. 7
    WEBThey have hands, but they don’t feel. They have feet, but they don’t walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
    KJVThey have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
  8. 8
    WEBThose who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.
    KJVThey that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
  9. 9
    WEBIsrael, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
    KJVO Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
  10. 10
    WEBHouse of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
    KJVO house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
  11. 11
    WEBYou who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
    KJVYe that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
  12. 12
    WEBYahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
    KJVThe LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
  13. 13
    WEBHe will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
    KJVHe will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
  14. 14
    WEBMay Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.
    KJVThe LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
  15. 15
    WEBBlessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
    KJVYe are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
  16. 16
    WEBThe heavens are Yahweh’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.
    KJVThe heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
  17. 17
    WEBThe dead don’t praise Yah, nor any who go down into silence,
    KJVThe dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
  18. 18
    WEBbut we will bless Yah, from this time forward and forever more. Praise Yah!
    KJVBut we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
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  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.