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Psalm 115 Berean Standard Bible

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1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
1 Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
2 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
2 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?”
3 Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
3 But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
5 They have mouths, but they don’t speak. They have eyes, but they don’t see.
6 they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;
6 They have ears, but they don’t hear. They have noses, but they don’t smell.
7 they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.
7 They have hands, but they don’t feel. They have feet, but they don’t walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
8 Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
8 Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.
9 O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
9 Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
10 House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
11 You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
11 You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
12 The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron;
12 Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless those who fear the LORD— small and great alike.
13 He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
14 May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.
14 May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.
15 May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
15 Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
16 The heavens are Yahweh’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.
17 It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
17 The dead don’t praise Yah, nor any who go down into silence,
18 But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!
18 but we will bless Yah, from this time forward and forever more. Praise Yah!
Cross references (16)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 79:9–10; Isaiah 48:11; Psalm 96:8; Ezekiel 20:14; Ezekiel 36:32
  2. 2 Psalm 79:10; Psalm 42:3; Psalm 42:10; Exodus 32:12; Deuteronomy 32:26–27
  3. 3 Psalm 135:6; Daniel 4:35; Isaiah 46:10; Ephesians 1:11; Psalm 103:19
  4. 4 Deuteronomy 4:28; Isaiah 46:6–7; Jeremiah 10:3–5; Isaiah 40:19–20; Habakkuk 2:18–20
  5. 5 Jeremiah 10:5
  6. 8 Psalm 135:18; Jeremiah 10:8; Habakkuk 2:18–19; Jonah 2:8; Isaiah 44:9–20
  7. 9 Psalm 62:8; Psalm 37:3; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 118:2–4; Psalm 135:19–20
  8. 10 Psalm 118:3; Exodus 28:1; Numbers 16:5; Numbers 18:7; Numbers 16:40
  9. 11 Proverbs 14:26; Acts 10:35; Psalm 147:11; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 103:11
  10. 12 Ephesians 1:3; Psalm 136:23; Isaiah 44:21; Genesis 12:2–3; Isaiah 49:14–16
  11. 13 Psalm 112:1; Luke 1:50; Psalm 128:1; Revelation 19:5; Psalm 29:11
  12. 14 Deuteronomy 1:11; Acts 2:39; Acts 3:25; Jeremiah 33:22; Genesis 17:7
  13. 15 Psalm 134:3; Revelation 14:7; Genesis 14:19; Genesis 1:1; Psalm 121:2
  14. 16 Psalm 8:6; Psalm 89:11; Genesis 1:28–30; Jeremiah 27:5–6; Genesis 9:1–3
  15. 17 Psalm 6:5; Isaiah 38:18–19; Psalm 88:10–12; Psalm 30:9; Psalm 31:17
  16. 18 Psalm 113:2; Daniel 2:20; Psalm 145:21; Revelation 5:13; Psalm 145:2

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXIII)

    When ye hear sung in the Psalms, "Praise the Lord, ye children" (ver. 1); imagine not that that exhortation pertaineth not unto you, because having already passed the youth of the body, ye are either blooming in the prime of manhood, or growing gray with the honours of old age: for unto all of you the Apostle saith, "Brethren, be …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 115:3 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter VII)

    … all their power by the breath of His mouth." But that He did Himself make all things freely, and as He pleased, again David says, "But our God is in the heavens above, and in the earth; He hath made all things whatsoever He pleased." But the things established are distinct from Him who has established them, and what have …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 115:16 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XII)

    But where is that heaven of heavens, O Lord, of which we hear in the words of the Psalm, The heaven of heavens are the Lord's, but the earth hath He given to the children of men? Where is the heaven, which we behold not, in comparison of which all this, which we behold, is earth?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  4. Quotes verse 115:3 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXVI)

    … not the leper commended, who showed forth things greater than these?" For he did not so much as say, "speak the word," but what was far more, "be willing only," which is what the prophet saith concerning the Father, "He hath done whatsoever He pleased." But he also was commended.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 115:17 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XVIII)

    … the Prophets believe not what is written, and allege against us that passage, The ungodly shall not rise up in judgment, and, For if man go down to the grave he shall come up no more, and, The dead shall not praise Thee, O Lord,--for of what is well written, they have made ill use--it will be well in …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)