They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 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 of hearing to them; so that though their priests may cry from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 115:6”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 115:5
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 5, 6. They cannot teach their worshippers (Hab 2:19) or see their needs; they cannot hear prayers offered to them or smell the sweet savour of sacrifices. Jehovah, though He has no bodily form, can truly be said to speak (Isa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 115:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 115:4
Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. 4. Their idols ] i.e. the idols of the nations, as Psa 135:15, and the LXX and Jerome here, read. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 4 8. Do the heathen taunt us with the impotence of our God? What are their … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 115:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 115:3
But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 3. But ] Or, Whereas. Though its outward circumstances may seem to give ground for the taunts of the heathen, Israel knows that its God is supremely exalted and omnipotent. If His people suffer, it is because He wills it, not … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 115:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 115:2
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] now their God? 2. So Psa 79:10. Cp. Psa 42:3; Psa 42:10; Exo 32:12; Num 14:13 ff.; Joe 2:17; Mic 7:10. Now does not mean at the present time as contrasted with the past, but is a particle emphasising the question, where, prithee? Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 115:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 115:1
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth’s sake. 1. Not unto us ] Strictly speaking, this is not a deprecation, but a protestation. ‘Not for ourselves or for our own sake do we ask.’ We have no merits of our own … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 115:1”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 114:8
Which turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. 8. Which turned &c.] Who turneth the rock into a pool of water. The participle in the Heb. is independent of time. It denotes not merely a historic fact but an attribute expressed in the terms of historic fact. He … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 114:8”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 114:7
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 7. Cp. Psa 97:4-5. The Lord ( dn) denotes Jehovah as the Ruler of the world. He it is and no other Who is the God of Jacob. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 7, 8. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 114:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 114:6
Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams; [and] ye little hills, like lambs? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams,…. Not for joy, but fear; what caused these trembling motions, these violent agitations, and quakings, and movings to and fro like the skipping of rams? And ye little hills, like lambs? what was it that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 114:6”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 114:5
What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, [that] thou wast driven back? 5, 6. The past becomes present to the poet’s mind, and he challenges Nature to explain its behaviour. The A.V. misses the vividness of the Hebrew tenses. Render: What aileth thee, thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 114:5”