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Psalms Chapter 115

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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.

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?"

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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