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Psalms 115:18

But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.

But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore - i:e., we shall have the opportunity still given us by Him to bless Him from this time and forever (). These two verses contain the plea why Yahweh should and must deliver His people from extinction. Compare ; ; Psalms 88:10; Isaiah 38:18.

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See also Psalms 115:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 115:18. _BUT WE WILL BLESS THE LORD_] Our fathers, who received so much from thy bounty, are _dead_, their _tongues_ are _silent_ in the _grave_; we are in their place, and wish to magni...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT WE WILL BLESS THE LORD ... - While life lasts; now and ever onward. Our lives are spared; and while those lives shall be continued they shall be spent in praise. We will transmit the praise to fut...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 115 Who Their God is? _ 1. Israel's God (Psalms 115:1)_ 2. In Contrast with Idols (Psalms 115:4) 3. O Israel Trust in the Lord ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXV. THE BLINDNESS OF IDOLATRY AND THE VIRTUE OF UTTER TRUST IN YAHWEH. Psalms 115:2 f. An invisible god was unintelligible to the average heathen; he believed that the god was specially present in t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PRAISE THE LORD. Hebrew Hallelu-Jah....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 115 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Not for Her Own Glory but for His, Israel moves herself to trust in Jehovah to Shew his Superiority over Idols. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 115:1-3, Introductory appeal...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    115:18 Jah (a-5) See Psalms 68:4 . evermore. (b-12) See Psalms 113:2 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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; Psalms 115:11—the first eight and the last thr...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD PSALMS 115 Jesus said, "Pray like this: Our Father, you are in *heaven. Your name is special. You are king (over everyone). What you...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    The connection of these verses with the rest of the psalm is far from plain. Why the psalmist should suddenly be struck with the dreadful thought that death broke the covenant relationship, and silenc...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ אֲנַ֤חְנוּ ׀ נְבָ֘רֵ֤ךְ יָ֗הּ מֵֽ עַתָּ֥ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 115:1 ISRAEL is in straits from heathen enemies, and cries to Jehovah to vindicate His own Name by delivering it. Strengthened by faith, which has been stung into action by taunts aimed at both...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    POWERLESS IDOLS; OUR POWERFUL GOD Psalms 115:1 Evidently this psalm was intended to be sung by various voices: Psalms 115:1 by the whole congregation in unison, while the sacrifice was being offered;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This third psalm in the Hallel is born of passion for the glory of the name of Jehovah. That is its opening note, and all that follows must be explained thereby. The singer's distress is heard in the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS BLESSED Jesus! let it be my happiness to be everlastingly viewing thee, that so pride may be forever hidden from my eyes; and that I may never come into the dreadful temptation to rob Jesu...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here is a striking contrast between the dead and the living. And why may we not interpret it as the real state of the case between the dead in trespasses and sins, and the living soul in Christ? There...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 115 gives the true and full ground of this deliverance as seen in the heart of faith. It is not that they, but that Jehovah may be praised, specially in His mercy, and then His faithfulness to...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT WE WILL BLESS THE LORD FROM THIS TIME FORTH AND FOR EVERMORE,.... The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, render it, "we who are alive"; both in a corporeal and in a spiritua...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD. Ver. 18. _But we will bless the Lord_] For if he lose his praise in us, he will lose it altogether; and so all thing...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The dead praise not the Lord_ See note on Psalms 6:5. _Neither any that go into silence_ Into the place of silence, the grave. _But we will bless the Lord_ But we hope for better things; that, notwit...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But we will bless the Lord from this time forth, while still living here on earth, AND FOREVERMORE, beyond the grave, after the Last Day, when soul and body will be reunited throughout eternity. PRAIS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    VINDICATION OF GOD'S GLORY OVER AGAINST THE IDOLS. This psalm may have been a cry of Israel for the assistance of the Lord in the face of invading enemies, who placed their confidence in their heathe...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-18 It is folly to trust in dead images, but it is wisdom to trust in the living God, for he is a help and a shield to those that trust in him. Wherever there is right fear of God, there may be chee...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BUT WE WILL BLESS THE LORD; but we hope for better things, that notwithstanding our present and urgent danger, yet thou wilt deliver us, and so give us occasion to bless thy name; whereby thou wilt ha...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 115:18 bless H1288 (H8762) LORD H3050 forth H5704 forevermore H5769 Praise H1984 (H8761) LORD H3050...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This is one of the Psalms, which were sung by the Jews at the feast of the Passover. It is highly probable that they were sung by our Lord on that memorable night when he instituted the sacred feast w...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Indignation against the makers and worshippers of idols and exhortation to trust in God. CHARACTERS: God, house of Aaron, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The creatures of men's vain imaginations and...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Whether this psalm was written after some victory, or after the removal of any calamity which had caused the heathen to boast, is not certain. But blessings of this kind, though they justly demand pra...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory._ GENUINE RELIGIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS I. A consciousness of God’s greatness leading to a contempt for all idols. 1. The majesty of God. ...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence._ But we will bless the Lord. LIVING PRAISE The living God should be adored by a living people. A blessing God should be blessed...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 115:1. This is a hymn urging God’s people to trust and worship the Lord alone. He alone is worthy of their deepest loyalty. There is always the temptation to turn to the god...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship uncertain. Has been ascribed to the immediate post _exilie_ psalmists, and to the poets of the time of the Maccabees. 2. Characteristics. Allusion to or quotation...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION A LITURGICAL psalm, in which a divided choir, together with a leader—a priest or precentor—take separate parts. The occasion is one of danger (Psalms 115:2), but, at the same time, of confi...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but to thy name give glory (Psalms 115:1), Here again we have the same idea. Don't reverend me. "Not unto us, Lord, not unto us, but to Thy name." Let there be ascri...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 2:20; Psalms 113:2; Psalms 118:17; Psalms 145:2; Psalms 14

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