PSALM 115


115:1 Not unto us, O the Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory, for Thy mercy, and for Thy truth's sake.

115:2 Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is now their God?'

115:3 But our God is in the heavens; whatsoever pleased Him He hath done.

115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

115:6 They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not;

115:7 They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither speak they with their throat.

115:8 They that make them shall be like unto them; yea, every one that trusteth in them.

115:9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord! He is their help and their shield!

115:10 O house of Aaron, trust ye in the Lord! He is their help and their shield!

115:11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.

115:12 the Lord hath been mindful of us, He will bless--He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron.

115:13 He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

115:14 the Lord increase you more and more, you and your children.

115:15 Blessed be ye of the Lord who made heaven and earth.

115:16 The heavens are the heavens of the Lord; but the earth hath He given to the children of men.

115:17 The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence;

115:18 But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for ever. Hallelujah.

 


Hebrew Transliteration

115:1 lo' lânu Adonay lo' lânu kiy-leshimkha tên kâbhodh`al-chasdekha `al-'amittekha

115:2 lâmmâh yo'mru haggoyim 'ayyêh-nâ''elohêyhem

115:3 vê'lohêynu bhashâmâyim kol 'asher-châphêts `âsâh

115:4 `atsabbêyhem keseph vezâhâbh ma`asêh yedhêy 'âdhâm

115:5 peh-lâhemvelo' yedhabbêru `êynayim lâhem velo' yir'u

115:6 'âzenayim lâhemvelo' yishmâ`u 'aph lâhem velo' yeriychun

115:7 yedhêyhem velo' yemiyshunraghlêyhem velo' yehallêkhu lo'-yehgu bighronâm

115:8 kemohem yihyu`osêyhem kol 'asher-bothêach bâhem

115:9 yisrâ'êl bethach bayhvh `ezrâmumâghinnâm hu'

115:10 bêyth 'aharon bithchu bhayhvh `ezrâm umâghinnâmhu'

115:11 yir'êy Adonay bithchu bhayhvh `ezrâm umâghinnâm hu'

115:12 Adonay zekhârânu yebhârêkh yebhârêkh 'eth-bêyth yisrâ'êl yebhârêkh'eth-bêyth 'aharon

115:13 yebhârêkh yir'êy Adonay haqqethanniym `im-haggedholiym

115:14 yosêph Adonay `alêykhem `alêykhem ve`al-benêykhem

115:15 berukhiym 'attem layhvh `osêh shâmayim vâ'ârets

115:16 hashâmayim shâmayim layhvh vehâ'ârets nâthan libhnêy-'âdhâm

115:17 lo'hammêthiym yehalelu-yâh velo' kol-yoredhêy dhumâh

115:18 va'anachnunebhârêkh yâh mê`attâh ve`adh-`olâm halelu-yâh


This version of the psalms is from the Jewish Publication Society (JPS),
a translation of the Hebrew Bible published in 1917.

The text is in the public domain.

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Source for transliteration: http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/tv/psa.htm

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