Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 115:10
(g) O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he [is] their help and their shield.
(g) For they were appointed by God as instructors and teachers of faith and religion for others to follow.
(g) O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he [is] their help and their shield.
(g) For they were appointed by God as instructors and teachers of faith and religion for others to follow.
Verse Psalms 115:10. _O HOUSE OF AARON_] All the different classes of the priesthood....
O HOUSE OF AARON ... - Ministers of religion; descendants of Aaron. His family was consecrated to the various services of the sanctuary....
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...
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. O HOUSE OF AARON, TRUST IN THE LORD. The ministers of the sanctuary, as being the spiritual guides of the people, should lea...
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...
בֵּ֣ית אַ֭הֲרֹן 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...
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...
O HOUSE OF AARON, TRUST IN THE LORD,.... The family of the tribe of Levi, that was separated from the rest, to minister in the priest's office, to offer gifts and sacrifices for the people, and to ble...
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he [is] their help and their shield. _Ver. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord_] Ministers must be patterns to others of depending upon God, and living by fait...
_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...
O house of Aaron, a name used for Israel as a people of priests and therefore applicable to all believers, TRUST IN THE LORD; HE IS THEIR HELP AND THEIR SHIELD. The general application is now made:...
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...
You priests and Levites proceeding from Aaron, or related to him, who have special reason and many obligations to do it, who have a more distinct knowledge of God, which is the foundation of trust, PS...
Psalms 115:10 house H1004 Aaron H175 trust H982 (H8798) LORD H3068 help H5828 shield H4043 Trust - PtC H35124
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...
Exodus 28:1; Numbers 16:40; Numbers 16:5; Numbers 18:7...
Aaron — You priests and Levites....