“ They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: ”
They have mouths ... - They are shaped like people, but have none of the attributes of intelligent beings.
CXV. The Blindness of Idolatry and the Virtue of Utter Trust in Yahweh. Psalms 115:2 f. An invisible god was unintelligible to the average heathen; he believed that the god was specially present...
Noses . a nose (singular)
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have ears, but they hear not. Contrast with this and Psalms 115:5 the description of our God, Psalms 94:9 .
In LXX 114, 115 are one Ps., while 116 is divided into two. Apparently Psalms 115 was written to be sung antiphonally: cp. the responses in Psalms 115:9-10 ; Psalms 115:11 —the first eight and th...
(4-8) This passage cannot compare with the magnificent irony of Isaiah 44:9-20 , but there is still a noticeable vein of sarcasm running through it, visible even more in the original than in the Eng...
Psalms 115:1-18 ISRAEL is in straits from heathen enemies, and cries to Jehovah to vindicate His own Name by delivering it. Strengthened by faith, which has been stung into action by taunts aimed...
Powerless Idols; Our Powerful God Psalms 115:1-18 Evidently this psalm was intended to be sung by various voices: Psalms 115:1-8 by the whole congregation in unison, while the sacrifice was b...
This third psalm in the Hallel is born of passion for the glory of the name of Jehovah. That is its opening note, and all that follows must be explained thereby. The singer's distress is heard in the...
Idols and idolaters are upon a par. But, alas! is not every man an idolater by nature? And even when regenerated, how often do I detect my poor wandering heart going after its vanities! Lord, give me...
They have ears, but they hear not ,.... The makers of them have taken care to place a pair of ears to their heads, but could not convey the faculty of hearing to them; so that though their priests m...
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: Ver. 6. They have ears, but they hear not ] But are as deaf as door nails to the prayers of their suppliants. The Cretans pi...
Their idols The objects of their idolatrous worship, are silver and gold That is, images made of silver and gold, dug out of the earth. Their gods are so far from being the makers of all things,...
The Absurdity of Idolatry. 1 Not unto us, O L ORD , not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for...
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INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship uncertain. Has been ascribed to the immediate post exilie psalmists, and to the poets of the time of the Maccabees. 2. Characteristics. Allusion to or quotati...
Psalms 115:1-19 . Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? But our God is i...
Whether this psalm was written after some victory, or after the removal of any calamity which had caused the heathen to boast, is not certain. But blessings of this kind, though they justly demand pr...
Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory. Genuine religious consciousness I. A consciousness of God’s greatness leading to a contempt for all idols. 1. The majesty of G...
EXPOSITION A LITURGICAL psalm, in which a divided choir, together with a leader—a priest or precentor—take separate parts. The occasion is one of danger ( Psalms 115:2 ), but, at the same time...
Vindication of God's Glory over against the Idols. This psalm may have been a cry of Israel for the assistance of the Lord in the face of invading enemies, who placed their confidence in their hea...
1 Corinthians 10:19 ; Psalms 135:17