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Context: Hallel 4:6. God’s action, our trust, God’s glory. The dead cannot praise and idols cannot save. (Ex 14:10-15, 14:23-31)
1 Not to us, Adonai, not to us,
but to your name give kavod ·weighty glory·,
for your chesed ·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 sh'ma ·hear obey·.
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, *. (4-7) Quoted in Rev 9:20
neither do they speak through their throat.
8 Those who make them will be like them;
yes, everyone who trusts in them.
9 Israel [God prevails], trust in Adonai!
He is their help and their shield.
10 House of Aaron [Light-bringer], trust in Adonai!
He is their help and their shield.
11 You who fear Adonai, trust in Adonai!
He is their help and their shield.
12 Adonai remembers us. He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel [God prevails].
He will bless the house of Aaron [Light-bringer].
13 He will bless those who fear Adonai,
both small and great. †. Quoted in Rev 11:18, 19:5
14 May Adonai increase you more and more,
you and your children.
15 Blessed are you by Adonai,
who made heaven and earth.
16 The heavens are the heavens of Adonai;
but the earth has he given to the children of men.
17 The dead don’t Halleluyah ·praise Yah·,
neither any who go down into silence;
18 But we will bless Yah,
from this time forward and forever more.
Halleluyah ·praise Yah·!