Psalms 115:1
What meaning of the psalms 115:1 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 115:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake."
What does Psalms 115:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake."
PSALM CXV _God alone is to be glorified_, 1-3. _The vanity of idols_, 4-8. _Israel, the house of Aaron, and all that fear God, are exhorted_ _to trust it the Lord_, 9-11. _The Lord's goodness to...
NOT UNTO US, O LORD, NOT UNTO US, BUT UNTO THY NAME GIVE GLORY - This apparently abrupt commencement of the psalm was undoubtedly in reference to some circumstances which would be well understood at t...
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 (Psalms 115:9) Here Israel acknowledges her Saviour-Lord, unt...
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...
NOT. Hebrew. _l'o_ (not 'al). Supply _Ellipsis_ thus:"Not to us LORD, not to us [belongeth glory] but to Thy name give the glory". LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1. MER...
_Because God is truly glorious, and idols are vanity, the Psalmist exhorteth to confidence in him. God is to be praised for his blessings._ THERE is great reason to think that this psalm was composed...
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...
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. Psalms 115:1.-Yahweh, vindicate the glory of thy name, at stake in thy people's misery (); l...
Israel is reviled by idolatrous foreigners, and appeals to God to vindicate His honour. 3. God is the God of heaven, therefore He can save His people. 4. This the idols cannot do. 9. A Levite sings...
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...
NOT UNTO US... — This rejection of all self-praise is implied in all Hebrew poetry. MERCY... TRUTH... — Both a distinct reference to the covenant. Both these covenanted blessings were assailed by the...
לֹ֤א לָ֥נוּ יְהוָ֗ה לֹ֫א לָ֥נוּ כִּֽי ־לְ֭ שִׁמְךָ תֵּ֣ן כָּבֹ֑וד עַל ־חַ֝סְדְּךָ֗ עַל ־אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃
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...
Not (a) unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth's sake. (a) Because God promised to deliver them, not for their sakes, but for his Name, (Isaiah...
or Hebrew Psalm cxvi. Ver. 10. Alleluia is not in Hebrew. There seems no necessity to join this psalm with the preceding, as the subject is not so much alike as that of many others, which are distinct...
CONTENTS This is a psalm of praise, wherein the glory of God, as opposed to idols, and the idolatry and self-confidence of the human heart, is strikingly set forth. Psalms 115:1 How truly this beco...
1_Not unto us, O Jehovah! _It is not certain by whom, or at what time, this psalm was composed. (365) We learn from the first part of it, that the faithful betake themselves to God, in circumstances o...
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...
NOT UNTO US, O LORD, NOT UNTO US, BUT UNTO THY NAME GIVE GLORY,.... There is no glory due to men; no, not to the best of men, not to be given them on any account whatever; neither on account of things...
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth's sake. Ver. 1. _Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us_] This is the godly man's motto, and his daily pra...
_Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us_ By the repetition of these words the psalmist humbly expresses his sense of the unworthiness of the Jews to receive the signal blessings with which the Lord had favo...
Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, the repetition of the cry serving for emphasis, BUT UNTO THY NAME GIVE GLORY, so that His essence and His attributes might properly be proclaimed before all men, FOR...
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, an...
PSALM 115 THE ARGUMENT The occasion of this Psalm was to manifest some eminent danger or distress of the people of Israel from some idolatrous nations; but whether it was that mentioned 2CH 20, or wha...
Psalms 115:1 LORD H3068 name H8034 give H5414 (H8798) glory H3519 mercy H2617 truth H571 (Title) - Triumphal song, in which the victory is wholly ascribed to YHWH; and to none can it be referred with...
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...
Daniel 9:19; Ephesians 1:6; Ezekiel 20:14; Ezekiel 36:32; Isaiah 48:11; John 1:17; Joshua 7:9; Micah 7:20; Psalms 61:7; Psalms 89:1;...