| English Standard Version | King James Bible |
| 1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! | 1Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. |
| 2Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” | 2Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? |
| 3Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. | 3But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. |
| 4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. | 4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. |
| 5They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. | 5They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: |
| 6They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. | 6They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: |
| 7They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat. | 7They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. |
| 8Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them. | 8They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. |
| 9O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield. | 9O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. |
| 10O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield. | 10O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. |
| 11You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield. | 11Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. |
| 12The LORD has remembered us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; | 12The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. |
| 13he will bless those who fear the LORD, both the small and the great. | 13He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. |
| 14May the LORD give you increase, you and your children! | 14The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. |
| 15May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth! | 15Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. |
| 16The heavens are the LORD’s heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man. | 16The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. |
| 17The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any who go down into silence. | 17The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. |
| 18But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the LORD! | 18But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD. |
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