To you alone, O Lord, to you alone, and not to us, must glory be given because of your constant love and faithfulness.
Why should the nations ask us, "Where is your God?" Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he wishes.
Their gods are made of silver and gold, formed by human hands.
When the people of Israel left Egypt, when Jacob's descendants left that foreign land, Judah became the Lord's holy people, Israel became his own possession.