Psalms 135:18
The people who make those idols are as powerless as those idols, and those who trust in those idols can accomplish no more than their idols can!
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
In Context
17They have ears, but they cannot hear anything, and they are not even able to breathe.
19My fellow Israelis, praise Yahweh! You priests who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
Cross References
Psalms 97:7Everyone who worships idols should be ashamed; all those who are proud of their false gods should realize that their gods are useless, It is as though all those gods bow down to worship Yahweh.
Isaiah 42:17But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
Jeremiah 10:8Those people who think that they are very wise [IRO] are stupid and foolish [DOU]. The idols that they worship are only made of wood! Those idols certainly cannot teach them anything.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 135:16-21
An Invitation to Praise. 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; 17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them. 19 Bless the Lord , O house of Israel: bless the Lord , O house of Aaron: 20 Bless the Lord , O house of Levi: ye that fear the Lord , bless the Lord . 21 Blessed be the Lord out… Read the whole commentary →