Psalms 115:1
Alleluia. 1 I believed, wherefore I have spoken: 1 But I was greatly afflicted. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
2And I said in mine amazement, 1 Every man is a liar. 1
Cross References
Joshua 7:9And when the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear it, they shall compass us round and destroy us from off the land: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
Psalms 89:1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. 1 Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations. 1
Psalms 138:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising: 1 Thou understandest my thoughts long before. 1
Ezekiel 20:14But I wrought so that my name should not be at all profaned before the Gentiles, before whose eyes I brought them out.
Ezekiel 36:32Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, as it is known to you: be ye ashamed and confounded for 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 →