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Non nobis, Domine

1  Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto your Name
  give the praise, *
for your loving mercy and for your truth’s sake.
2  Why shall the nations say, *
“Where now is their God?”
3  As for our God, he is in heaven; *
he has done whatsoever pleased him.
4  Their idols are silver and gold, *
even the work of human hands.
5  They have mouths, but they speak not; *
eyes have they, but they see not.
6  They have ears, but they hear not; *
noses have they, but they smell not.

7  They have hands, but they feel not; feet have they,
  but they walk not; *
neither is there any sound in their throat.
8  Those who make them are like them, *
and so are all who put their trust in them.
9  But you, O house of Israel, trust in the Lord; *
he is their helper and defender.
10  You house of Aaron, put your trust in the Lord; *
he is their helper and defender.
11  You who fear the Lord, put your trust in the Lord; *
he is their helper and defender.
12  The Lord has been mindful of us, and he shall bless us; *
he shall bless the house of Israel; he shall bless the house 
of Aaron;
13  He shall bless those who fear the Lord, *
both small and great together.
14  The Lord shall increase you more and more, *
you and your children after you.
15  You are the blessed of the Lord, *
who has made heaven and earth.
16  The heavens are the Lord’s; *
the earth has he given to the children of men.
17  The dead praise you not, O Lord, *
neither all those who go down into silence.
18  But we will praise the Lord, *
from this time forth for evermore. Praise the Lord.