Psalms 115:1
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to thy name give glory. For thy loving kindness, and for thy truth's sake.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2Why should the nations say, Where is now their God?
Cross References
Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will encompass us around, and cut off our name from the earth, and what will thou do for thy great name?
Psalms 74:22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause. Remember how the foolish man reproaches thee all the day.
Psalms 89:1I will sing of the loving kindness of LORD forever. With my mouth I will make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms 138:2I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks to thy name for thy loving kindness and for thy truth. For thou have magnified thy word above all thy name.
Ezekiel 20:14But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
Ezekiel 36:32I do [this] not for your sake, says lord LORD; be it known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 115:1
Many ancient translations join this psalm to that which goes next before it, the Septuagint particularly, and the vulgar Latin; but it is, in the Hebrew, a distinct psalm. In it we are taught to give glory, I. To God, and not to ourselves, ver. 1 . II. To God, and not to idols, ver. 2-8 . We must give glory to God, 1. By trusting in him, and in his promise and blessing, ver. 9-15 . 2. By blessing him, ver. 16-18 . Some think this psalm was penned upon occasion of some great distress and trouble that the church of… Read the whole commentary →