## Psalms Chapter 115

###### Psalms 115:1
[Psalms 115:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:1)

לֹ֤א לָ֥נוּ יְהֹוָ֗ה לֹ֫א־לָ֥נוּ כִּֽי־לְ֭שִׁמְךָ תֵּ֣ן כָּב֑וֹד עַל־חַ֝סְדְּךָ֗ עַל־אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Thy name give glory, for Thy steadfast love, and for Thy truth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Not unto us, O L rd [i.e., not for our sakes or for out merits do we ask that You act]; not unto us, but to Your name give honor, for Your lovingkindness, for Your truth.


###### Psalms 115:2
[Psalms 115:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:2)

לָ֭מָּה יֹאמְר֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֑ם אַיֵּה־נָ֝֗א אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why should the nations say, Where is now their God?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[For] why should the nations say: "Where, now, is their G d?"


###### Psalms 115:3
[Psalms 115:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:3)

וֵאלֹהֵ֥ינוּ בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־חָפֵ֣ץ עָשָֽׂה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But our God is in the heavens: he has done whatever he has pleased.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But our G d is in the heavens; all that He desires, He does.


###### Psalms 115:4
[Psalms 115:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:4)

עֲֽ֭צַבֵּיהֶם כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֑ב מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗ה יְדֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Their images are silver and gold, the work of the hands of man.


###### Psalms 115:5
[Psalms 115:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:5)

פֶּֽה־לָ֭הֶם וְלֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ עֵינַ֥יִם לָ֝הֶ֗ם וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They have mouths, but they cannot speak: eyes have they, but they cannot see:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have a mouth, but do not speak. They have eyes, but do not see.


###### Psalms 115:6
[Psalms 115:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:6)

אׇזְנַ֣יִם לָ֭הֶם וְלֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑עוּ אַ֥ף לָ֝הֶ֗ם וְלֹ֣א יְרִיחֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
they have ears, but they cannot hear: noses have they, but they cannot smell:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have ears, but do not hear. They have a nose, but do not smell.


###### Psalms 115:7
[Psalms 115:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:7)

יְדֵיהֶ֤ם**׀** וְלֹ֬א יְמִישׁ֗וּן רַ֭גְלֵיהֶם וְלֹ֣א יְהַלֵּ֑כוּ לֹא־יֶ֝הְגּ֗וּ בִּגְרוֹנָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
they have hands, but they cannot feel: feet have they, but they cannot walk: nor can they speak through their throat.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Their hands [are fashioned], but they do not feel; their feet, but they do not walk. They make no sound with their throats.


###### Psalms 115:8
[Psalms 115:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:8)

כְּ֭מוֹהֶם יִהְי֣וּ עֹשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־בֹּטֵ֣חַ בָּהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Like them let their makers be, [and] all who trust in them.


###### Psalms 115:9
[Psalms 115:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:9)

יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל בְּטַ֣ח בַּיהֹוָ֑ה עֶזְרָ֖ם וּמָגִנָּ֣ם הֽוּא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Yisra᾽el, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[But] Israel trusts in the L rd; He is their help and their shield.


###### Psalms 115:10
[Psalms 115:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:10)

בֵּ֣ית אַ֭הֲרֹן בִּטְח֣וּ בַיהֹוָ֑ה עֶזְרָ֖ם וּמָגִנָּ֣ם הֽוּא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O house of Aharon, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The house of Aaron trusts in the L rd; He is their help and their shield.


###### Psalms 115:11
[Psalms 115:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:11)

יִרְאֵ֣י יְ֭הֹוָה בִּטְח֣וּ בַיהֹוָ֑ה עֶזְרָ֖ם וּמָגִנָּ֣ם הֽוּא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The fearers of the L rd [i.e., proselytes] trust in the L rd; He is their help and their shield.


###### Psalms 115:12
[Psalms 115:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:12)

יְהֹוָה֮ זְכָרָ֢נוּ יְבָ֫רֵ֥ךְ יְ֭בָרֵךְ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְ֝בָרֵ֗ךְ אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אַהֲרֹֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord has been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Yisra᾽el; he will bless the house of Aharon.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd, who remembers us, shall bless. He shall bless the house of Israel. He shall bless the house of Aaron.


###### Psalms 115:13
[Psalms 115:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:13)

יְ֭בָרֵךְ יִרְאֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה הַ֝קְּטַנִּ֗ים עִם־הַגְּדֹלִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He will bless those who fear the Lord, both small and great.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He shall bless the fearers of the L rd, the small and the great.


###### Psalms 115:14
[Psalms 115:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:14)

יֹסֵ֣ף יְהֹוָ֣ה עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם וְעַל־בְּנֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
May the Lord increase you more and more, you and your children.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He shall add [blessing] upon you; upon you and upon your sons.


###### Psalms 115:15
[Psalms 115:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:15)

בְּרוּכִ֣ים אַ֭תֶּם לַיהֹוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
May you be blessed of the Lord who made heaven and earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You shall be blessed [repeatedly] by the L rd, Maker of heaven and earth.


###### Psalms 115:16
[Psalms 115:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:16)

הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שָׁ֭מַיִם לַיהֹוָ֑ה וְ֝הָאָ֗רֶץ נָתַ֥ן לִבְנֵי־אָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord: but he has given the earth to the children of men.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The heavens are the heavens of the L rd, and He has given the earth to the children of man.


###### Psalms 115:17
[Psalms 115:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:17)

לֹ֣א הַ֭מֵּתִים יְהַֽלְלוּ־יָ֑הּ וְ֝לֹ֗א כׇּל־יֹרְדֵ֥י דוּמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The dead cannot praise the Lord, nor can any who go down into silence.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Those consigned to [eternal death shall not praise You; nor those descending to [eternal] silence.


###### Psalms 115:18
[Psalms 115:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/115:18)

וַאֲנַ֤חְנוּ**׀** נְבָ֘רֵ֤ךְ יָ֗הּ מֵעַתָּ֥ה וְעַד־עוֹלָ֗ם הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Haleluya!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But we shall bless the L rd, from now and evermore, Hallelukah!