Psalms 115:1
Alleluia. I had confidence, because of what I was saying, but then I was greatly humbled.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2I said in my excess, “Every man is a liar.”
Cross References
Joshua 7:9The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and coming together as one, they will surround us, and they will wipe our name from the earth. And what will you do concerning your great name?”
Psalms 89:1A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation.
Psalms 138:2You have known my sitting down and my rising up again.
Ezekiel 20:14But I acted for the sake of my name, lest it be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, in their sight.
Ezekiel 36:32It is not for your sakes that I will act, says the Lord God; let this be known to you. Be confounded and ashamed over your own 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 →