1God is called upon to assert his own honour against the reproaches of the heathen. 4The vanity of idols. 9An exhortation to trust in God, 12who will not fail to bless and preserve his church.
1NOT 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.
2Wherefore should the heathen say, cWhere is now their God?
c Ps. 42.3,10; 79.10. Joel 2.17. Mi. 7.9,10.
3But 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.
4Their 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.
5They 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.
6They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
8They 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.
9O 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.
10O 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.
11Ye 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.
12The 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.
13He owill bless them that fear the LORD, both small 1and great.
1Heb. with. Ga. 3.28. Col. 3.11. Re. 11.18.
o Ps. 29.11.
14The 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.
15rYe are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
r Ps. 3.8. Ep. 1.3,4. Ge. 14.19; 27.33.
16The 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.
17The 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.
18But 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.