Psalms 115:1
Not unto us, O LORD! not unto us, But unto thy name, give glory, For thy mercy and thy truth's sake!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Why should the nations say, “Where is now their God?”
Cross References
Psalms 74:22Arise, O God! maintain thy cause! Remember how the impious revileth thee daily!
Psalms 89:1“A psalm of Ethan, the Ezrahite.” I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations!
Psalms 138:2I will worship toward thy holy temple, And praise thy name for thy goodness and thy truth; For thy promise thou hast magnified above all thy name!
Ezekiel 20:14But I acted for my name's sake, that it might not be polluted before the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.
Ezekiel 36:32Not for your own sakes do I this, saith the Lord Jehovah, be it 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 →