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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 cheshed ·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,
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.
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·!