| New International Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. | 1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! |
| 2Why do the nations say, "Where is their God?" | 2Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” |
| 3Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. | 3Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. |
| 4But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands. | 4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. |
| 5They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. | 5They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. |
| 6They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell. | 6They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. |
| 7They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with their throats. | 7They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat. |
| 8Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. | 8Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them. |
| 9All you Israelites, trust in the LORD-- he is their help and shield. | 9O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield. |
| 10House of Aaron, trust in the LORD-- he is their help and shield. | 10O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield. |
| 11You who fear him, trust in the LORD-- he is their help and shield. | 11You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield. |
| 12The LORD remembers us and will bless us: He will bless his people Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron, | 12The LORD has remembered us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; |
| 13he will bless those who fear the LORD-- small and great alike. | 13he will bless those who fear the LORD, both the small and the great. |
| 14May the LORD cause you to flourish, both you and your children. | 14May the LORD give you increase, you and your children! |
| 15May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. | 15May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth! |
| 16The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind. | 16The heavens are the LORD’s heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man. |
| 17It is not the dead who praise the LORD, those who go down to the place of silence; | 17The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any who go down into silence. |
| 18it is we who extol the LORD, both now and forevermore. Praise the LORD. | 18But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the LORD! |
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