Glory be to your name
(Psalm 135:1-21)
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Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory.
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Give glory to your mercy and your truth, lest the Gentiles should say, “Where is their God?”(b)
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But our God is in heaven. All things whatsoever that he has willed, he has done.
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The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.
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They have mouths, and do not speak; they have eyes, and do not see.
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They have ears, and do not hear; they have noses, and do not smell.
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They have hands, and do not feel; they have feet, and do not walk. Neither will they cry out with their throat.
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Let those who make them become like them, along with all who trust in them.
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The house of Israel has hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector.
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The house of Aaron has hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector.
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Those who fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector.
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The Lord has been mindful of us, and he has blessed us. He has blessed the house of Israel. He has blessed the house of Aaron.
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He has blessed all who fear the Lord, the small with the great.
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May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your sons.
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Blessed are you by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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The heaven of heaven is for the Lord, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.
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The dead will not praise you, Lord, and neither will all those who descend into Hell.
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But we who live will bless the Lord, from this time forward, and even forever.