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Heathen Idols Contrasted with the LORD.

^1 (C1)Not to us, LORD, not to us,
But ^(C2)to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy, because of Your ^(F1)truth.

^2 (C1)Why should the nations say,
"^(C2)Where, then, is their God?"

³ But our ^(C1)God is in the heavens;
He ^(C2)does whatever He pleases.

⁴ Their ^(C1)idols are silver and gold,
The ^(C2)work of human hands.

⁵ They have mouths, but they ^(C1)cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;

⁶ They have ears, but they cannot hear;
They have noses, but they cannot smell;

^7 (F1)They have hands, but they cannot feel;
^(F2)They have feet, but they cannot walk;
They cannot make a sound with their throat.

^8 (C1)Those who make them ^(F1)will become like them,
Everyone who trusts in them.

^9 (C1)Israel, ^(C2)trust in the LORD;
He is their ^(C3)help and their shield.

¹⁰ House of ^(C1)Aaron, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

¹¹ You who ^(F1)(C1)fear the LORD, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

¹² The LORD ^(C1)has been mindful of us; He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.

¹³ He will ^(C1)bless those who ^(F1)fear the LORD,
^(C2)The small together with the great.

¹⁴ May the LORD ^(C1)increase you,
You and your children.

¹⁵ May you be blessed of the LORD,
^(C1)Maker of heaven and earth.

¹⁶ The heavens are ^(C1)the heavens of the LORD,
But ^(C2)the earth He has given to the sons of mankind.

¹⁷ The ^(C1)dead do not praise ^(F1)the LORD,
Nor do any who go down into ^(C2)silence;

¹⁸ But as for us, we will ^(C1)bless ^(F1)the LORD
From this time and forever.
^(F2)Praise ^(F1)the LORD!