1 Nie aan ons, o HERE, nie aan ons nie, maar aan u Naam gee eer, om u goedertierenheid, om u trou ontwil.
2 Waarom sou die heidene sê: Waar is dan hulle God?
3 terwyl onse God tog in die hemel is; Hy doen alles wat Hom behaag.
4 Hulle afgode is silwer en goud, 'n werk van mensehande.
5 Hulle het 'n mond, maar praat nie; hulle het oë, maar sien nie;
6 ore het hulle, maar hoor nie; hulle het 'n neus, maar ruik nie;
7 hande, maar hulle tas nie; voete, maar hulle loop nie; hulle gee geen geluid deur hul keel nie.
8 Die wat hulle maak, sal net soos hulle word -- elkeen wat op hulle vertrou.
9 Israel, vertrou op die HERE: Hy is hulle hulp en hulle skild!
10 Huis van A„ron, vertrou op die HERE: Hy is hulle hulp en hulle skild!
11 Julle wat die HERE vrees, vertrou op die HERE: Hy is hulle hulp en hulle skild.
12 Die HERE het aan ons gedink: Hy sal seën, Hy sal die huis van Israel seën, Hy sal die huis van A„ron seën.
13 Hy sal diegene seën wat die HERE vrees, die kleintjies saam met die grotes.
14 Die HERE sal julle vermenigvuldig, julle en jul kinders.
15 Julle is geseënd deur die HERE wat hemel en aarde gemaak het.
16 Die hemele is hemele vir die HERE, maar die aarde het Hy aan die mensekinders gegee.
17 Die dode en almal wat na die stilte neerdaal, sal die HERE nie loof nie;
18 maar ons sal die HERE prys, van nou af tot in ewigheid. Halleluja!
1 Not to us, Yahweh, not to us,
but to your name give glory,
for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
2 Why should the nations say,
"Where is their God, now?"
3 But our God is in the heavens.
He does whatever he pleases.
4 Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of men’s hands.
5 They have mouths, but they don’t speak.
They have eyes, but they don’t see.
6 They have ears, but they don’t hear.
They have noses, but they don’t smell.
7 They have hands, but they don’t feel.
They have feet, but they don’t walk,
neither do they speak through their throat.
8 Those who make them will be like them;
yes, everyone who trusts in them.
9 Israel, trust in Yahweh!
He is their help and their shield.
10 House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh!
He is their help and their shield.
11 You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh!
He is their help and their shield.
12 Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel.
He will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless those who fear Yahweh,
both small and great.
14 May Yahweh increase you more and more,
you and your children.
15 Blessed are you by Yahweh,
who made heaven and earth.
16 The heavens are Yahweh’s heavens,
but he has given the earth to the children of men.
17 The dead don’t praise Yah,
nor any who go down into silence,
18 but we will bless Yah,
from this time forward and forever more.
Praise Yah!