Psalms 115:17

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Ver. 17. The dead praise not] Therefore be active for God while we are upon earth; where for this he giveth us life and livelihood. See Psalms 6:6 .

Related Commentaries of Psalms 115:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The dead praise not the Lord - The meaning of this is, that as those who are dead cannot praise God, or cannot worship him, this should be done w...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that (l) go down into silence. (l) Though the dead set forth God's glory, yet he means here, that they pra...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17 O God! the dead shall not praise thee In these words the prophet goes on to beseech God to show himself propitious towards his Church, we...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. The dead praise not the Lord - המתים hammethim, those dead men who worshipped as...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The dead praise not the Lord— See on Psalms 6:5 . REFLECTIONS.— 1st, The Psalmist here, 1. Bids the people of God ascribe not to themselves,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence - no...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Silence ] i.e. Sheol, where there is no communion with God.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Silence. — The land of silence is, of course, Sheôl, the under-world. (So the LXX., “Hades.”)
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The connection of these verses with the rest of the psalm is far from plain. Why the psalmist should suddenly be struck with the dreadful thought tha...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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,...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a striking contrast between the dead and the living. And why may we not interpret it as the real state of the case between the dead in trespa...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The dead praise not the Lord ,.... Not the dead in sin; such as the makers of idols, and those that trust in them, who are like unto them; men must...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The dead praise not the Lord See note on Psalms 6:5 . Neither any that go into silence Into the place of silence, the grave. But we will bless...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God. 9 O Israel, trust thou in the L ORD : he is thei...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The dead; such as we shall suddenly be, if thou dost not succour us. Into silence; into the place of silence, the grave.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Scofield Reference Notes

dead ( See Scofield) - ( Ecclesiastes 9:10 ).
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence. But we will bless the Lord. Living praise The living God should be adored...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A LITURGICAL psalm, in which a divided choir, together with a leader—a priest or precentor—take separate parts. The occasion is one...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence, into the realm of the dead; for then, for a season, their mouth is stilled, they...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:9 ; Isaiah 38:18 ; Isaiah 38:19 ; Psalms 30:9 ; Psalms 31:17 ; Psalms 6:5 ; Psalms 88:10-12
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Silence — Into the place of silence, the grave.

¹⁷ The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 115:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 115:17