Your name, O Lord, endures forever
(Psalm 115:1-18)
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Praise Yahweh! You who worship Yahweh, praise him!
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You who stand at the temple of Yahweh our God in its courtyards, ready to serve him, praise him!
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Praise Yahweh because he does good things for us; sing to him because it is a joyful thing to do so.
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He has chosen us, the descendants of Jacob; he has chosen us Israelites to belong to him.
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I say these things because I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
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Yahweh does whatever he desires to do in heaven, on the earth, and in the seas, down to the bottom of the seas.
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He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; he makes lightning bolts to flash with the rain, and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them.
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He is the one who killed all the firstborn males in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
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There he performed many kinds of miracles to punish the king and all his officials.
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He attacked many nations and killed the powerful kings who ruled them:
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Sihon, the king of the Amor people group, Og, the king of Bashan, and all the other kings in the land of Canaan.
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Yahweh gave us their land, so that it would belong to us, his people Israel, forever.
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Yahweh, your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things that you have done.
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Yahweh declares that we, his people, are innocent, and he acts mercifully toward us.
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But the idols that the other people groups worship are only statues made of silver and gold, things that humans have made.
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Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say anything; they have eyes, but they cannot see anything.
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They have ears, but they cannot hear anything, and they are not even able to breathe.
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The people who make those idols are as powerless as those idols, and those who trust in those idols can accomplish no more than their idols can!
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My fellow Israelites, praise Yahweh! You priests who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
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You men who are descended from Levi, you who assist the priests, praise Yahweh! All you who have a reverential respect for Yahweh, praise him!
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Praise Yahweh in the temple on Mount Zion in Jerusalem where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
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