Psalms 115
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Glory to be ascribed to God
Verse 1
WEB Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
KJV Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
TSK unto us: ps 74:22, ps 79:9,10, jos 7:9, isa 48:11, eze 20:14, eze 36:32, da 9:19, eph 1:6, re 4:10,11; for thy mercy: ps 61:7, ps 89:1,2, mic 7:20, joh 1:17, ro 15:8,9
Verse 2
WEB Why should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?”
KJV Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
TSK Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?: ps 42:3,10, ps 79:10, ex 32:12, nu 14:15,16, de 32:26,27, 2ki 19:10-19, joe 2:17
Verse 4
WEB Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
KJV Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
TSK Their idols: ps 97:7, ps 135:15-17, de 4:28, isa 40:19,20, isa 42:17, isa 46:1,2,6,7, jer 10:3-5, ho 8:6, hab 2:18-20, ac 19:26,35, 1co 10:19,20
Verse 5
WEB They have mouths, but they don’t speak. They have eyes, but they don’t see.
KJV They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
TSK No cross references.
Verse 6
WEB They have ears, but they don’t hear. They have noses, but they don’t smell.
KJV They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
TSK No cross references.
Verse 7
WEB They have hands, but they don’t feel. They have feet, but they don’t walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
KJV They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
TSK No cross references.
Verse 8
WEB Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.
KJV They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
TSK They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.: ps 135:18, isa 44:9-20, jer 10:8, jon 2:8, hab 2:18,19
by trusting in him and praising him
Verse 9
WEB Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
KJV O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
TSK Israel: ps 118:2-4, ps 135:19,20, ex 19:5; trust: ps 62:8, ps 125:1, ps 130:7, ps 146:5,6, jer 17:17,18, eph 1:12; their help: ps 33:20,21, ps 84:11, de 33:29, pr 30:5
Verse 10
WEB House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
KJV O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
TSK O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.: ex 28:1, nu 16:5,40, nu 18:7
Verse 11
WEB You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
KJV Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
TSK Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.: ps 33:18, ps 118:4, ps 147:11, pr 14:26, pr 30:5, ac 10:35, re 19:5
Verse 12
WEB Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
KJV The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
TSK hath: ps 25:7, ps 136:23, ge 8:1, ex 2:24,25, isa 44:21, isa 49:14-16, ac 10:4; the house of Israel: ps 67:7, ge 12:2,3, ge 2:17,18, ac 3:26, ga 3:14,29, eph 1:3
Verse 14
WEB May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.
KJV The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
TSK Lord: ge 13:16, 2sa 24:3, isa 2:2,3, isa 27:6, isa 19:20,21, isa 56:8, isa 60:4-22, jer 30:19, jer 33:22, ho 1:10, zec 8:20-23, zec 10:8, re 7:4,9; you: ge 17:7, jer 32:38,39, ac 2:39, ac 3:25
Verse 15
WEB Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
KJV Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
TSK blessed: ps 3:8, ge 14:19, ge 32:26-29, eph 1:3,4, 1pe 3:9; made: ps 96:5, ps 146:5,6, ge 1:1
Verse 16
WEB The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has he given to the children of men.
KJV The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
TSK heaven: ps 89:11, ps 144:5, ps 148:4, isa 66:1, la 3:66, joh 14:2; but the earth: ge 1:28-30, ge 9:1-3, de 32:8, jer 27:5,6
Verse 17
WEB The dead don’t praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;
KJV The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
TSK dead: ps 6:5, ps 30:9, ps 88:10-12, isa 38:18,19; go down: ps 31:17, 1sa 2:9
Verse 18
WEB But we will bless Yah, from this time forth and forevermore. Praise Yah!
KJV But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
TSK But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.: ps 113:2, ps 118:17-19, ps 145:2,21, da 2:20, re 5:13