Glory be to your name
(Psalm 135:1-21)
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Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
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Why should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?”
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But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
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Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
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They have mouths, but they don’t speak. They have eyes, but they don’t see.
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They have ears, but they don’t hear. They have noses, but they don’t smell.
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They have hands, but they don’t feel. They have feet, but they don’t walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
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Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.
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Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
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House of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
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You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
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The LORD remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
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He will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great.
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May the LORD increase you more and more, you and your children.
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Blessed are you by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
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The heavens are the LORD’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.
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The dead don’t praise the LORD, nor any who go down into silence,
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but we will bless the LORD, from this time forward and forever more. Praise the LORD!