Psalms 115:3
The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
In Context
2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.
4and I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.
Cross References
Job 23:13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.
Psalms 68:4And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness.
Psalms 123:1I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.
Isaiah 46:10Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done:
Daniel 4:35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing before him: for he doth according to his will, I as well with the powers of heaven, as among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none that can resist his hand, and say to him: Why hast thou done it?
Romans 9:19Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? for who resisteth his will?
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 →