Psalms 115:1
Not vnto vs, O Lord, not vnto vs, but vnto thy Name giue the glorie, for thy louing mercie and for thy truethes sake.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2Wherefore shall the heathen say, Where is nowe their God?
Cross References
Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land shall heare of it, and shall compasse vs, and destroy our name out of the earth: and what wilt thou doe vnto thy mightie Name?
Psalms 74:22Arise, O God: mainteine thine owne cause: remember thy dayly reproche by the foolish man.
Psalms 89:1A Psalme to give instruction, of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing the mercies of the Lord for euer: with my mouth will I declare thy trueth from generation to generation.
Psalms 138:2I will worship toward thine holy Temple and praise thy Name, because of thy louing kindenesse and for thy trueth: for thou hast magnified thy Name aboue all things by thy word.
Ezekiel 20:14But I had respect to my Name, that it shoulde not bee polluted before the heathen in whose sight I brought them out.
Ezekiel 36:32Be it knowen vnto you that I do not this for your sakes, sayth the Lord God: therefore, O ye house of Israel, be ashamed, and confounded for your owne wayes.
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 →