Psalms 115:9
O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
In Context
8Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.
10O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.
Psalms 37:3Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.
Psalms 84:11\84:10\For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
Psalms 118:4Let all worshippers of the Lord now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Psalms 130:7O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.
Psalms 135:20Give praise to the Lord, O sons of Levi: let all the worshippers of the Lord give him praise.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 115:2-9
The Absurdity of Idolatry. 1 Not unto us, O Lord , not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not:… Read the whole commentary →