John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 135:15
The idols of the Heathen are silver and gold ,.... This, with what follows, is observed, to show that when God judges his people, and takes vengeance on their enemies, the idols they serve will not be able to protect them, and deliver them out of his hands; and also to prove what is before asserted, that our Jehovah is great above all gods, Psalm 135:5 ; the matter of which they are made is at best gold and silver, which are the dust and metals of the earth, or what the prophet calls... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 135:15-21
The design of these verses is, I. To arm the people of God against idolatry and all false worship, by showing what sort of gods they were that the heathen worshipped, as we had it before, Ps. 115:4-8 1. They were gods of their own making; being so, they could have no power but what their makers gave them, and then what power could their makers receive from them? The images were the work of men's hands, and the deities that were supposed to inform them were as much the creatures of men's fancy... read more