시편 115:1-2 KRV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 115:2

heathen = nations. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 115:1

PSALM 115GOD'S INFINITE EXCELLENCE ABOVE HEATHEN IDOLSAlthough the date and occasion of this psalm cannot be certainly determined, the scholarly guesses on the subject are of interest. "Weiser favored a pre-exilic date," but McCullough thought that the evidence, "Favors the period of the Second Temple."[1] According to Leupold, "The time of composition was shortly after the return from Babylon."[2] Briggs identified the psalm, "With the Greek Period."[3] McCaw rejected the later dates,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 115:1

Psalms 115:0. Because God is truly glorious, and idols are vanity, the Psalmist exhorteth to confidence in him. God is to be praised for his blessings. THERE is great reason to think that this psalm was composed in some time of great distress, when the pagan enemies of the Jews began to boast as if their gods were too powerful for the God of Israel: but by whom it was made, or on what particular occasion, there are so many conjectures, says Bishop Patrick, that it will be no presumption to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 115:1

1-3. The vindication of God's mercy and faithfulness (Psalms 25:10; Psalms 36:6) is the "glory" of His "name," which is desired to be illustrated in the deliverance of His people, as the implied mode of its manifestation. In view of the taunts of the heathen, faith in His dominion as enthroned in the heaven (Psalms 2:4; Psalms 11:4) is avowed. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 115:2

2. Where is now, &c.—"now" is "not a particle of time, but of entreaty," as in our forms of speech, "Come now," "See now," &c. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 115:1-2

1. The need for God to vindicate Himself 115:1-2The psalmist called on God to glorify Himself for His own sake, in contrast to glorifying His people. Evidently the pagan nations were ridiculing Yahweh for His inactivity.The Christian statesman William Wilberforce marked the passing of his bill to abolish the slave trade in England by meditating on Psalms 115:1. [Note: Kidner, Psalms 73-150, p. 404.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 115:1-18

Psalms 115This anonymous psalm instructs God’s people to trust in the Lord rather than in idols."Psalms 115 is one psalm with Psalms 114 in the LXX and the Vulgate. However, there is little doubt that they form two separate psalms. The motifs and genre of the psalms are too different. Psalms 114 is in the form of a hymn describing the wonder of Israel’s redemption from Egypt, whereas the literary forms of Psalms 115 are quite varied and include lament, liturgy, and confidence."Psalms 115 may be... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 115:1-18

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 the last three verses to be sung by the congregation. Probably it is a very late Ps. The writer proclaims the vanity of idols, and ascribes all help and blessing to Jehovah alone.1. Israel is reviled by idolatrous foreigners, and appeals to God to vindicate His honour.3. God is the God of heaven, therefore... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 115:1

(1) Not unto us . . .—This rejection of all self-praise is implied in all Hebrew poetry.Mercy . . . truth . . .—Both a distinct reference to the covenant. Both these covenanted blessings were assailed by the heathen taunt, “Where is now their God?”It is difficult for us to reproduce in imagination the apparent triumph, which the idolater, who could point to his deity, felt he had over the worshipper of the invisible God, when outward events seemed to be going against the latter. But we may... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 115:1-18

Psalms 115:0 Non Nobis Domine was the battle-song of the heroic John Sobieski, King of Poland, 12 September, 1683, when he marched down from the heights of Kalenberg, and defeated the immense army of the Turks which was besieging Vienna, and had reduced it to the last extremity. It was a turning-point in history, the final great Eastern invasion which has thundered at that gate of Europe; and ever since, the Turkish power and Mohammedan faith have been on the wane. There was indescribable... read more