Psalms

Psalm 115 ©

1 God is called upon to assert his own honour against the reproaches of the heathen. 4 The vanity of idols. 9 An exhortation to trust in God, 12 who will not fail to bless and preserve his church.

1

NOT aunto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name bgive glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

a Is. 48.11. Eze. 36.32. 1Co. 15.10. Mi. 7.20. Ep. 2.1-7. Tit. 3.3-7.
b Ac. 12.23.
2

Wherefore should the heathen say, cWhere is now their God?

c Ps. 42.3,10; 79.10. Joel 2.17. Mi. 7.9,10.
3

But dour God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

d Ps. 135.6. Is. 46.10. 1Ch. 16.26. Da. 4.35. Mat. 6.9,14. Ep. 1.11. Re. 4.11.
4

Their eidols are silver and gold, fthe work of men's hands.

e Ps. 135.15-18. De. 4.28. Re. 9.20. Is. 46.6,7; 44.9-20; 40.19,20. Je. 10.3-9. Hab. 2.18,19. Ho. 8.6.
f Ac. 19.26.
5

They ghave mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

g Hab. 2.18. Je. 10.5. 1Ki. 18.26,29. Da. 5.23. De. 4.28. Is. 46.7.
6

They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

7

They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

8

They hthat make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

h Is. 44.10,11,18-20. Hab. 2.18,19. Ps. 97.7. Jonah 2.8.
9

O iIsrael, trust thou in the LORD: jhe is their help and their shield.

i Ps. 118.2-4; 135.19,20. Ex. 19.5,6. Je. 10.16. De. 4.1; 26.17.
j De. 33.27,29. Ps. 33.20; 84.9; 91.2,4; 5.12; 18.35. Pr. 30.5. v.10,11.
10

O khouse of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

k Mal. 2.7. Ex. 28; 29. Le. 8. Ps. 84.11; 118.2-4. Pr. 30.5.
11

Ye lthat fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

l Ac. 2.5; 10.35. Ep. 6.16. Is. 59.21.
12

The mLORD hath been mindful of us: nhe will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

m Ps. 25.7; 136.23. Ne. 13.14,22,30. Is. 44.21; 49.14-16.
n Ps. 72.17; 67.7; 135.19. Ep. 1.3. Phi. 4.19. 1Ti. 4.8.
13

He owill bless them that fear the LORD, both small 1and great.

o Ps. 29.11.
14

The pLORD shall qincrease you more and more, you and your children.

p Ge. 13.16; 15.5; 22.17. Is. 49.16-23. Zec. 8.20-23; 10.6,8. 2Pe. 1.2,3. Jude 2.
q De. 1.11.
15

rYe are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.

r Ps. 3.8. Ep. 1.3,4. Ge. 14.19; 27.33.
16

The sheaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but tthe earth hath he given to the children of men.

s Is. 57.15; 66.1. Mat. 13.43. Jn. 14.2. Ps. 148.4.
t De. 32.8. Ac. 17.26.
17

The udead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

u Ps. 6.5; 88.10-12; 30.9; 94.17. Is. 38.18,19. Ec. 9.4-6.
18

But vwe will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. wPraise the LORD.

v Da. 2.20. Ps. 113.2; 145.2,10; 72.17.
w Ps. 105.45.