Psalms 115:8
For he has delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
In Context
7Return to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. 1
9I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living. (115) Alleluia. 1
Cross References
Isaiah 44:9But they that framed false gods did not then listen; and they that graved images are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed
Jeremiah 10:14Every man is deprived of knowledge, every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images; for he has cast false gods, there is no breath in them.
Habakkuk 2:18What profit it the graven image, that they have graven it? one has made it a molten work, a false image; for the maker has trusted in his work, to make dumb idols.
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 →