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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
Psalms Chapter 115 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Psalms Chapter 115 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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.
Psalms Chapter 115 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
4-7. (Compare
Isa 40:18-20; 44:9-20).
Psalms Chapter 115 7 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
7. speak . . . throat--literally, "mutter," not even utter articulate sounds.
Psalms Chapter 115 8 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
8. every one that trusteth--they who trust, whether makers or not.
Psalms Chapter 115 9 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
9-13. The repetitions imply earnestness.
Psalms Chapter 115 14 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
14. Opposed to the decrease pending and during the captivity.
Psalms Chapter 115 15 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
15-17. They were not only God's peculiar people, but as living inhabitants of earth, assigned the work of His praise as monuments of divine power, wisdom, and goodness.
Ps 115:1-18.
The Psalmist prays that God would vindicate His glory, which is contrasted with the vanity of idols, while the folly of their worshippers is contrasted with the trust of God's people, who are encouraged to its exercise and to unite in the praise which it occasions.
1-3. The vindication of God's mercy and faithfulness
(Ps 25:10; 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
(Ps 2:4; 11:4)
is avowed.