Psalms 115:4
I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
In Context
3What shall I repay to the Lord, for all the things that he has repaid to me?
5I will repay my vows to the Lord, in the sight of all his people.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:28And there, you will serve gods which were fabricated by the hands of men: gods of wood and of stone, who neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
1 Kings 18:29Then, after midday had passed, and they were prophesying, the time had arrived when the sacrifice is usually offered. And there was no voice heard, neither did anyone heed or respond to the praying.
2 Chronicles 32:19And he was speaking against the God of Jerusalem, just as against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are works of the hands of men.
Psalms 135:15And he shook off Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for his mercy is eternal.
Isaiah 40:19Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
Isaiah 44:9All of those who create idols are nothing, and their most beloved things will not benefit them. These are their witnesses, for they do not see, and they do not understand, so that they might be confounded.
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 →