Psalms 115
115
The Greatness of the True God
I
1Not to us, Lord, not to us
but to your name give glory
because of your mercy and faithfulness.#Ez 36:22–23.
2Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”#Where is their God?: implies that God cannot help them.#Ps 79:10.
3Our God is in heaven
and does whatever he wills.#Ps 135:6.
II
4Their idols are silver and gold,#Ps 135:15–19; Wis 15:15–16; Is 44:9f; Jer 10:1–5.
the work of human hands.#Is 40:19.
5They have mouths but do not speak,
eyes but do not see.
6They have ears but do not hear,
noses but do not smell.
7They have hands but do not feel,
feet but do not walk;
they produce no sound from their throats.
8Their makers will be like them,
and anyone who trusts in them.
III
9#The house of Israel…the house of Aaron…those who fear the Lord: the laity of Israelite birth, the priests, and the converts to Judaism, cf. Ps 118:2–4; 135:19–21. In the New Testament likewise “those who fear the Lord” means converts to Judaism (cf. Acts 10:2, 22, 35; 13:16, 26).The house of Israel trusts in the Lord,#Ps 118:2–4.
who is their help and shield.#Ps 33:20.
10The house of Aaron trusts in the Lord,
who is their help and shield.
11Those who fear the Lord trust in the Lord,
who is their help and shield.
12The Lord remembers us and will bless us,
will bless the house of Israel,
will bless the house of Aaron,
13Will bless those who fear the Lord,
small and great alike.
14May the Lord increase your number,
yours and your descendants.
15May you be blessed by the Lord,
maker of heaven and earth.
16#The heavens: the Septuagint reads here “the heaven of heavens” or “the highest heavens,” i.e., above the firmament. See note on Ps 148:4.The heavens belong to the Lord,
but he has given the earth to the children of Adam.#Gn 1:28.
17#See note on Ps 6:5.The dead do not praise the Lord,
not all those go down into silence.#Ps 6:6; 88:11ff; Sir 17:22f; Is 38:18.
18It is we who bless the Lord,
both now and forever.
Hallelujah!
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Psalm 115
115
To Your Name Give Glory
1 # [Isa. 48:11; Ezek. 36:22; Dan. 9:18, 19] Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,
# See Ps. 36:5 for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
2Why should the nations say,
# [Ex. 32:12; Num. 14:13, 14]; See Ps. 42:3 “Where is their God?”
3 # See Ps. 11:4 Our God is in the heavens;
#
Ps. 135:6; Dan. 4:35 he does all that he pleases.
4 # For ver. 4-8, see Ps. 135:15-18 Their idols are silver and gold,
#
Deut. 4:28; 2 Kgs. 19:18; Isa. 37:19; Acts 19:26; See Isa. 44:10-20; Jer. 10:3-5 the work of human hands.
5They have mouths, #[Isa. 46:7; Hab. 2:18]but do not speak;
eyes, but do not see.
6They have ears, but do not hear;
noses, but do not smell.
7They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.
8 # [Isa. 44:9] Those who make them become like them;
so do all who trust in them.
9O #[Ps. 118:2-4; 135:19, 20] Israel,#115:9 Masoretic Text; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac O house of Israel #Ps. 37:3; 62:8 trust in the Lord!
He is their #Ps. 33:20help and their shield.
10O #[See ver. 9 above] house of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and #See Ps. 3:3their shield.
11You #Ps. 22:23; 103:11, 13, 17who 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 #[Ps. 118:2-4; 135:19, 20]the house of Israel;
he will bless #[Ps. 118:2-4; 135:19, 20]the house of Aaron;
13he will #See Ps. 112:1 bless those who fear the Lord,
#
Jer. 16:6; 31:34 both the small and the great.
14May the Lord #Deut. 1:11give you increase,
you and your children!
15May #See Ruth 2:20 you be blessed by the Lord,
#
Ps. 121:2; 124:8; 134:3; 146:6; Acts 14:15; Rev. 14:7; [Gen. 1:1; 14:19; Jer. 10:11] who made heaven and earth!
16The heavens are the Lord’s heavens,
but the earth he has given to the children of man.
17 # See Ps. 6:5 The dead do not praise the Lord,
nor do any who go down into #See Ps. 31:17silence.
18But #Ps. 113:2 we will bless the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore.
# See Ps. 104:35 Praise the Lord!
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