Psalms 115:3
Whereas our God is in the heavens: whatsoever he desireth hath he done.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
In Context
2Wherefore should the nations say, Where now is their God?
4Their idols are sliver and gold, the work of the hands of man.
Cross References
Job 23:13But he is unchangeably one, and who can turn him? And what his will desireth, even that he doth.
Psalms 68:4(68:5) Sing unto God, sing praises to his name; extol him who rideth upon the heavens: the Everlasting is his name, and rejoice before him.
Psalms 123:1“A song of the degrees.” Unto thee do I lift up my eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Isaiah 46:10Declaring from the beginning the end, and from the earliest days the things that have not yet been done, saying, My counsel shall stand firm, and all my pleasure will I do:
Daniel 4:35(4:32) And [by whom] all the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nought; and [who] according to his pleasure doth with the host of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth; while there is none that can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
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 →