“ They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. ”
They that make them are like unto them - Stupid; senseless; irrational. See the notes at Isaiah 44:9-20 . So is everyone that trusteth in them - People who do this show that they are destitu...
They that make them are (f) like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth in them. (f) As much without sense as blocks and stones.
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...
So is. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "And [so is]". trusteth . confldeth. Hebrew. batah . App-69.
8 They who make them shall be like unto them. Many are of opinion that this is an imprecation, and hence translate the future tense in the optative mood, may they become like unto them Bu...
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
They that make them are like unto them— Are in this respect as stupid and blockish as those idols themselves, inasmuch as they do not make a regular use of those faculties which God hath given them...
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. They that make them are like unto them. Deuteronomy 7:25-26 first laid down this great principle, "Thou shalt...
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 that make them are like unto them ,.... As stupid as the matter of which they are made; as sottish and as senseless as the idols themselves, see Isaiah 44:9 . Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret it...
They that make them are like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth in them. Ver. 8. They that make them are like unto them ] Blind and blockish, Vervecum in patria crassoque sub aere nati;...
They that make them And trust in, or worship them as gods, are like unto them Are as ignorant and stupid, and void of all sense and reason, as those images themselves, inasmuch as they do not mak...
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...
They that make them; or, they that observe or worship them . For the psalmist's quarrel was not so much with those few artists who formed the images, as with all the adorers of them. And the word...
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...
Habakkuk 2:18 ; Habakkuk 2:19 ; Isaiah 44:9-20 ; Jeremiah 10:8 ; Jonah 2:8 ; Psalms 135:18
Are like them — As void of all sense or reason as their images.