Psalms 115:1
Not to us, O YHWH, not to us, || But to Your Name give glory, || For Your kindness, for Your truth.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2Why do the nations say, “Where, pray, [is] their God?”
Cross References
Joshua 7:9And the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear, and have come around against us, and cut off our name from the earth; and what do You do for Your great Name?”
Psalms 74:22Arise, O God, plead Your plea, || Remember Your reproach from a fool all the day.
Psalms 89:1AN INSTRUCTION OF ETHAN THE EZRAHITE. Of the kind acts of YHWH, I sing for all time, || From generation to generation I make known Your faithfulness with my mouth,
Psalms 138:2I bow myself toward Your holy temple, || And I confess Your Name, || For Your kindness, and for Your truth, || For You have made Your saying great above all Your Name.
Ezekiel 20:14And I do [it] for My Name’s sake, || Not to defile [it] before the eyes of the nations, || Before whose eyes I brought them forth.
Ezekiel 36:32I am not working for your sake, || A declaration of Lord YHWH, || Be it known to you, || Be ashamed and confounded, because of your 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 →