Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 115:7
Neither speak they. — The Hebrew implies not only the want of articulate speech, but of utterance at all.
Neither speak they. — The Hebrew implies not only the want of articulate speech, but of utterance at all.
THEY HAVE MOUTHS ... - They are shaped like people, but have none of the attributes of intelligent beings....
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...
SPEAK. make. sound....
NEITHER SPEAK THEY— Or, _Neither breathe they._...
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...
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. THEY HAVE HANDS, BUT THEY HANDLE NOT; FEET HAVE THEY, BUT THEY WALK NOT; NEITHER S...
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...
יְדֵיהֶ֤ם ׀ וְ לֹ֬א יְמִישׁ֗וּן רַ֭גְלֵיהֶם וְ...
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...
They have (e) hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. (e) He shows what great vanity it is to ask help from them who not only have no h...
or Hebrew Psalm cxvi. Ver. 16. Handmaid. To be blessed, we must be in a state of grace, and children of the Church. (Worthington) --- Out of it, death itself endured for Christ would profit nothing, ...
Idols and idolaters are upon a par. But, alas! is not every man an idolater by nature? And even when regenerated, how often do I detect my poor wandering heart going after its vanities! Lord, give me...
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...
THEY HAVE HANDS, BUT THEY HANDLE NOT,.... So as to feel any thing that is put into their hands; they cannot make use of their hands to stretch them out, and receive anything from their worshippers; no...
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. Ver. 7. _They have hands, but they handle not_] Curious and artificial (for art is Na...
_Their idols_ The objects of their idolatrous worship, _are silver and gold_ That is, images made of silver and gold, dug out of the earth. Their gods are so far from being the makers of all things, o...
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...
they have hands, but they handle not, or, "their hands are there, yet they feel not"; FEET HAVE THEY, BUT THEY WALK NOT; NEITHER SPEAK THEY THROUGH THEIR THROAT, they cannot even mutter, utter an arti...
1-8 Let no opinion of our own merits have any place in our prayers or in our praises. All the good we do, is done by the power of his grace; and all the good we have, is the gift of his mere mercy, a...
SPEAK, or _mutter_, or _make a noise_, as this word signifies, ISAIAH 10:14. They are so far from speaking with their throat and other instruments of speech as men do, that they cannot make such an in...
Psalms 115:7 hands H3027 handle H4184 (H8686) Feet H7272 walk H1980 (H8762) mutter H1897 (H8799) throat...
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. ...
_Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands._ BABYLONIAN IDOLATRY Babylon was a land in which life was overshadowed by a vast idolatry. What this idolatry was, we may see, in part, by a...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 115:4 This satirical passage exposes the folly of worshiping IDOLS (compare Psalms 135:15;...
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...
1 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 5:4; Acts 17:29; Habakkuk 2:18; Isaiah 46:7;...