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¹ To you alone, O Lord, to you alone,
    and not to us, must glory be given
    because of your constant love and faithfulness.

² Why should the nations ask us,
    "Where is your God?"
³ Our God is in heaven;
    he does whatever he wishes.
^4 (a)Their gods are made of silver and gold,
    formed by human hands.
⁵ They have mouths, but cannot speak,
    and eyes, but cannot see.
⁶ They have ears, but cannot hear,
    and noses, but cannot smell.
⁷ They have hands, but cannot feel,
    and feet, but cannot walk;
    they cannot make a sound.
⁸ May all who made them and who trust in them
    become^[a] like the idols they have made.

⁹ Trust in the Lord, you people of Israel.
    He helps you and protects you.
¹⁰ Trust in the Lord, you priests of God.
    He helps you and protects you.
¹¹ Trust in the Lord, all you that worship him.
    He helps you and protects you.

¹² The Lord remembers us and will bless us;
    he will bless the people of Israel
    and all the priests of God.
^13 (b)He will bless everyone who honors him,
    the great and the small alike.

¹⁴ May the Lord give you children—
    you and your descendants!
¹⁵ May you be blessed by the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth!

¹⁶ Heaven belongs to the Lord alone,
    but he gave the earth to us humans.
¹⁷ The Lord is not praised by the dead,
    by any who go down to the land of silence.^[b]
18 But we, the living, will give thanks to him
    now and forever.

Praise the Lord!