John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

This psalm was written when God's people lay under heavy affliction, and they cry out to Him not for their own honor but for His name's sake, lest the heathen mock Him and say, Where is their God? From their distress they take courage and boast in the madness of idol-worship, magnifying their own blessedness in being chosen by God.

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Commenting on Psalm 115:1-18

C.H. Spurgeon Reformed Baptist @princeofpreachers

These idols have mouths but speak nothing; they cannot promise, threaten, command, console, or prophesy. They are dumb when the God of Israel thundered at Sinai and speaks still through His prophets. They have eyes yet cannot see who worships them or what they receive; a god blind in his own skull is a calamity, not an attribute of godhead.

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Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Let no man take credit for his own mercy or success, but ascribe all glory to God alone. Whatever good we do comes by His grace; whatever good we have comes by His mercy. All our crowns belong at the feet of Him on the throne. In prayer, seek His glory above your own benefit, and make that your highest end.

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Commenting on Psalm 115:1-8