Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 115:11
Ye that fear — All of you who worship the true God, not only Israelites, but even Gentile proselytes.
Ye that fear — All of you who worship the true God, not only Israelites, but even Gentile proselytes.
Verse Psalms 115:11. _YE THAT FEAR THE LORD_] All real penitents, and sincere believers, _trust in the Lord_, in the almighty, omniscient, and infinitely good Jehovah. _HE IS THEIR HELP AND SHIELD_]...
YE THAT FEAR THE LORD ... - All the people that reverence God; all his true worshippers....
Psalms 115 Who Their God is? _ 1. Israel's God (Psalms 115:1)_ 2. In Contrast with Idols (Psalms 115:4) 3. O Israel Trust in the Lord ...
CXV. THE BLINDNESS OF IDOLATRY AND THE VIRTUE OF UTTER TRUST IN YAHWEH. Psalms 115:2 f. An invisible god was unintelligible to the average heathen; he believed that the god was specially present in t...
DISCOURSE: 688 TRUST IN GOD RECOMMENDED Psalms 115:9. O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield. Ye th...
PSALMS 115 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Not for Her Own Glory but for His, Israel moves herself to trust in Jehovah to Shew his Superiority over Idols. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 115:1-3, Introductory appeal...
Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. YE THAT FEAR THE LORD, TRUST IN THE LORD. Reverential and filial fear of the Lord is close akin to trust in Him. The phr...
In LXX 114, 115 are one Ps., while 116 is divided into two. Apparently Psalms 115 was written to be sung antiphonally: cp. the responses in Psalms 115:9; Psalms 115:11—the first eight and the last thr...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD PSALMS 115 Jesus said, "Pray like this: Our Father, you are in *heaven. Your name is special. You are king (over everyone). What you...
יִרְאֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה בִּטְח֣וּ בַ יהוָ֑ה עֶזְרָ֖ם...
Psalms 115:1 ISRAEL is in straits from heathen enemies, and cries to Jehovah to vindicate His own Name by delivering it. Strengthened by faith, which has been stung into action by taunts aimed at both...
POWERLESS IDOLS; OUR POWERFUL GOD Psalms 115:1 Evidently this psalm was intended to be sung by various voices: Psalms 115:1 by the whole congregation in unison, while the sacrifice was being offered;...
This third psalm in the Hallel is born of passion for the glory of the name of Jehovah. That is its opening note, and all that follows must be explained thereby. The singer's distress is heard in the...
Observe the gracious call of God to the several orders of his people. First, to Israel; next, to the priests of Israel; thirdly, to all in whose heart the fear of the Lord is; perhaps taking in both t...
11._Ye who fear Jehovah! _He does not speak of strangers, as some erroneously suppose, as if this were a prediction respecting the calling of the Gentiles. Connecting them with the children of Israel...
Psalms 115 gives the true and full ground of this deliverance as seen in the heart of faith. It is not that they, but that Jehovah may be praised, specially in His mercy, and then His faithfulness to...
YE THAT FEAR THE LORD, TRUST IN THE LORD,.... Which is said not to distinguish true saints from hypocrites, in Israel or in Aaron's house; rather to describe such who belonged to neither: but, as Aben...
Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he [is] their help and their shield. Ver. 11. _Ye that fear the Lord_] _Peregrini ex omni populo,_ saith Aben Ezra, devout persons out of every nation dwelli...
_O Israel, trust in the Lord_ Do not you follow the example of these infatuated idolaters, but trust in, worship, and serve the Lord only. _He is their help and their shield_ The shield to defend, and...
VINDICATION OF GOD'S GLORY OVER AGAINST THE IDOLS. This psalm may have been a cry of Israel for the assistance of the Lord in the face of invading enemies, who placed their confidence in their heathe...
Ye that fear the Lord, no matter where and when, in either the Old or the New Testament, TRUST IN THE LORD; HE IS THEIR HELP AND THEIR SHIELD, on their side both for protection and for battle....
9-18 It is folly to trust in dead images, but it is wisdom to trust in the living God, for he is a help and a shield to those that trust in him. Wherever there is right fear of God, there may be chee...
All and every one of you who worship the true God, not only Aaronites and Israelites, but even Gentile proselytes, who are said to _come to trust under the wings of the God of Israel_, RUTH 2:12. And...
Psalms 115:11 fear H3373 LORD H3068 trust H982 (H8798) LORD H3068 help H5828 shield H4043 Trust - PtC...
FEAR Also (Psalms 115:13); (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
This is one of the Psalms, which were sung by the Jews at the feast of the Passover. It is highly probable that they were sung by our Lord on that memorable night when he instituted the sacred feast w...
Psalms 115:1. _Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? But our God is in the...
CONTENTS: Indignation against the makers and worshippers of idols and exhortation to trust in God. CHARACTERS: God, house of Aaron, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The creatures of men's vain imaginations and...
Whether this psalm was written after some victory, or after the removal of any calamity which had caused the heathen to boast, is not certain. But blessings of this kind, though they justly demand pra...
_Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory._ GENUINE RELIGIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS I. A consciousness of God’s greatness leading to a contempt for all idols. 1. The majesty of God. ...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 115:1. This is a hymn urging God’s people to trust and worship the Lord alone. He alone is worthy of their deepest loyalty. There is always the temptation to turn to the god...
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship uncertain. Has been ascribed to the immediate post _exilie_ psalmists, and to the poets of the time of the Maccabees. 2. Characteristics. Allusion to or quotation...
EXPOSITION A LITURGICAL psalm, in which a divided choir, together with a leader—a priest or precentor—take separate parts. The occasion is one of danger (Psalms 115:2), but, at the same time, of confi...
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but to thy name give glory (Psalms 115:1), Here again we have the same idea. Don't reverend me. "Not unto us, Lord, not unto us, but to Thy name." Let there be ascri...
Acts 10:35; Proverbs 14:26; Proverbs 30:5; Psalms 118:4; Psalms 147