² Why should the nations say,
    ^(C)“Where is their God?”
^3 (D)Our God is in the heavens;
    ^(E)he does all that he pleases.

^4 (F)Their idols are silver and gold,
    ^(G)the work of human hands.
⁵ They have mouths, ^(H)but do not speak;
    eyes, but do not see.
⁶ They have ears, but do not hear;
    noses, but do not smell.
⁷ They have hands, but do not feel;
    feet, but do not walk;
    and they do not make a sound in their throat.
^8 (I)Those who make them become like them;
    so do all who trust in them.

⁹ O ^(J)Israel,^{[a] (K)}trust in the Lord!
    He is their ^(L)help and their shield.
¹⁰ O ^(M)house of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
    He is their help and ^(N)their shield.
¹¹ You ^(O)who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!
    He is their help and their shield.

¹² The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us;
    he will bless ^(P)the house of Israel;
    he will bless ^(Q)the house of Aaron;
¹³ he will ^(R)bless those who fear the Lord,
    ^(S)both the small and the great.

¹⁴ May the Lord ^(T)give you increase,
    you and your children!
¹⁵ May ^(U)you be blessed by the Lord,
    ^(V)who made heaven and earth!

¹⁶ The heavens are the Lord's heavens,
    but the earth he has given to the children of man.
^17 (W)The dead do not praise the Lord,
    nor do any who go down into ^(X)silence.
¹⁸ But ^(Y)we will bless the Lord
    from this time forth and forevermore.
^(Z)Praise the Lord!