Noses. a nose (singular)
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 heath...
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...
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...
(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,...
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,...
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...
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 explai...
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 wande...
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...
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...
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 god...
The Absurdity of Idolatry. 1 Not unto us, O L ORD , not unto us, but...
No text from Poole on this verse.
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship uncertain. Has been ascribed to the immediate post exilie psalmists, and to the poets of the time of the Macca...
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 hea...
This is one of the Psalms, which were sung by the Jews at the feast of the Passover. It is highly probable that they were sung by our Lord on that me...
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 bl...
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 t...
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. Babylonian idolatry Babylon was a land in which life was overshadowed by a vast idola...
EXPOSITION A LITURGICAL psalm, in which a divided choir, together with a leader—a priest or precentor—take separate parts. The occasion is one...
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...
they have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not;
1 Corinthians 10:19 ; Psalms 135:17
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: