PSALM 115: If you are going to hold a meeting with the unbelievers read this psalm before you leave home.

 Its prayer is the prayer under; Psalm 16.

Psalm 115

1 Don’t give glory to us, O Yahweh.
    Don’t give glory to us.
    Instead, give glory to your name
        because of your mercy and faithfulness.
2 Why should other nations say, “Where is their Elohim?”
3 Our Elohim is in heaven.
    He does whatever he wants.
4 Their idols are made of silver and gold.
    They were made by human hands.
        
        They have eyes, but they cannot see.
        
        They have noses, but they cannot smell.
        
        They have feet, but they cannot walk.
        They cannot even make a sound with their throats.
            
                So does everyone who trusts them.

9 Israel, trust Yahweh.
    He is your helper and your Magen.
10 Descendants of Aaron, trust Yahweh.
    He is your helper and your Magen.
11 If you fear Yahweh, trust Yahweh.
    He is your helper and your Magen.

12 Yahweh, who is always thinking about us, will bless us.
    He will bless the descendants of Israel.
    He will bless the descendants of Aaron.
13 He will bless those who fear Yahweh,
    from the least important to the most important.
14 May Yahweh continue to bless you and your children.
15 You will be blessed by Yahweh, the maker of heaven and earth.
16 The highest heaven belongs to Yahweh,
    but he has given the earth to the descendants of Adam.
17 Those who are dead do not praise Yah,
    nor do those who go into the silence of the grave.
18 But we will thank Yah now and forever.

Hallelujah!

PRAYER:

Psalm 16

1 Protect me, O El, because I take refuge in you.

2 I said to Yahweh,

    “You are my Adonay. Without you, I have nothing good.”

3 Those who lead holy lives on earth

    are the noble ones who fill me with joy.

4 Those who quickly chase after other gods multiply their sorrows.

    I will not pour out their sacrificial offerings of blood

        or use my lips to speak their names.

5 Yahweh is my inheritance and my cup.

    You are the one who determines my destiny.

6 Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me.

    Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful.

7 I will praise Yahweh, who advises me.

    My conscience warns me at night.

8 I always keep Yahweh in front of me.

    When he is by my side, I cannot be moved.

9         That is why my heart is glad and my soul rejoices.

            My body rests securely

10 because you do not abandon my soul to the grave

    or allow your holy one to decay.

11 You make the path of life known to me.

    Complete joy is in your presence.

        Pleasures are by your side forever.