Psalms 115:2
Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
In Context
1I am well pleased, because the Lord will listen to the voice of my supplication. 1
3The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow. 1
Cross References
Numbers 14:15And if you shall destroy this nation as one man; then all the nations that have heard your name shall speak, saying,
2 Kings 19:10Let not your God on whom you trust encourage you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.
Psalms 42:4And I will go in to the altar of God, to God who gladdens my youth: I will give thanks to you on the harp, O God, my God. 1
Joel 2:17Between the + 2:17 Gr. base. porch and the altar let the priests that minister to the Lord weep, and say, Spare your people, O Lord, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them, lest they should say among the heathen, Where is their God?
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 →