Psalms 115:16

The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The heaven - Hebrew, “The heavens.” Even the heavens are the Lord’s - A more literal and correct rendering of this would be, “The heavens are...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (k) heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. (k) And they declare enough his sufficienc...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16 The heavens, the heavens are Jehovah’s In this passage the prophet extols the bounty of God, and his paternal regard for the human race,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. The heaven, (even) the heavens, are the Lor...
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...
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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HEAVEN AND EARTH CONTRASTED ‘The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath He given to the children of men.’ Psalms 115:16...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's ,.... Not only the visible heavens, the airy and starry regions, which are within our sight; but the he...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. Ver. 16. The heaven, even the heavens, are th...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The heavens are the Lord's Namely, in a peculiar manner, where he dwelleth in that light and glory to which no man can approach, and whence he beho...
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

Are the Lord s, to wit, in a peculiar manner, where he dwelleth in that light and glory to which no man can approach, and whence he beholdeth and d...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 115:16 The heavens and the earth are set in contrast with each other. And their contrast is in this, that, while the heavens are out of the...
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 heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath He given to the children of men. The mysteries of the universe Our contemplati...
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 heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's, the throne of His power; but the earth hath He given to the children of men, to enjoy the fullness of...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:8 ; Genesis 1:28-30 ; Genesis 9:1-3 ; Isaiah 66:1 ; Jeremiah 27:5 ; Jeremiah 27:6 ; John 14:2 ; Lamentations 3:66 ; Psalms 14...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Lord's — In a peculiar manner, where he dwelleth in that light and glory, to which no man can approach. Given — As the foregoing verse declares...

¹⁶ The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 115:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

Sermon Bible Commentary

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 115:16