O Israel, trust in the LORD!
Israel is told to trust in the LORD, who is their help and shield.
This verse begins the communal call to living trust.
1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, 2Why should the nations say, 3Our God is in heaven; 4Their idols are silver and gold, 5They have mouths, but cannot speak; 6they have ears, but cannot hear; 7they have hands, but cannot feel; 8Those who make them become like them, 9O Israel, trust in the LORD! 10O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! 11You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! 12The LORD is mindful of us; 13He will bless those who fear the LORD— 14May the LORD give you increase, 15May you be blessed by the LORD, 16The highest heavens belong to the LORD, 17It is not the dead who praise the LORD, 18But it is we who will bless the LORD,