Psalms 115:1

PSALM CXV

God alone is to be glorified, 1-3.

The vanity of idols, 4-8.

Israel, the house of Aaron, and all that fear God, are exhorted

to trust it the Lord, 9-11.

The Lord's goodness to his people, and his gracious promises,

12-16.

As the dead cannot praise him, the living should, 17, 18.

NOTES ON PSALM CXV

This Psalm is written as a part of the preceding by eighteen of Kennicott's and fifty-three of De Rossi's MSS.; by some ancient editions; the Septuagint, the Syriac, the Vulgate, the AEthiopic, the Arabic, and the Anglo-Saxon. The old Anglo-Scottish Psalter reads it consecutively with the foregoing. Who the author of both was, we know not, nor on what occasion it was written. It seems to be an epinikion or triumphal song, in which the victory gained is entirely ascribed to Jehovah.

Verse Psalms 115:1. Not unto us, O Lord] We take no merit to ourselves; as thine is the kingdom, and the power in that kingdom, so is thy glory.

For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.] Thy mercy gave thy promise, thy truth fulfilled it.