But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.

The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;

The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.

Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.

He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.

You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.

Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?

But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.

They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;

They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.

O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.