² Why do the nations say,
"Where is their God?"

³ Our God is in heaven;
he does whatever pleases him.

¹¹ You who fear him, trust in the LORD—
he is their help and shield.

¹² The LORD remembers us and will bless us:
He will bless the house of Israel,
he will bless the house of Aaron,

¹³ he will bless those who fear the LORD—
small and great alike.

¹⁷ It is not the dead who praise the LORD,
those who go down to silence;