Salmos 115:2

2 Por que perguntariam as nações: Onde está o seu Deus?

Salmos 115:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 115:2

Wherefore should the Heathen say
The nations about Israel, the nations of the world; the Gentiles in any age; the Papists in ours, sometimes called the Heathen, ( Psalms 10:16 ) ( Revelation 11:2 Revelation 11:18 ) . The church expostulates with the Lord why those should be suffered to say, in a reproachful, insulting, manner, and by way of triumph,

where is now their God?
that they have boasted of would help them; in whom they have put their trust and confidence; why does not he help them, as he has promised, and they expect? Thus the church suggests, that if the Lord did not appear for them, his own glory lay at stake. Such language is generally used by their enemies, when the people of God were in any distress; see ( Psalms 42:10 ) ( 79:10 ) ( Joel 2:17 ) ( Micah 7:9 Micah 7:10 ) .

Salmos 115:2 In-Context

1 Não a nós, Senhor, não a nós, mas ao teu nome dá glória, por amor da tua benignidade e da tua verdade.

2 Por que perguntariam as nações: Onde está o seu Deus?

3 Mas o nosso Deus está nos céus; ele faz tudo o que lhe apraz.

4 Os ídolos deles são prata e ouro, obra das mãos do homem.

5 Têm boca, mas não falam; têm olhos, mas não vêem;