Psalm 115:2

2 lest at any time the nations should say, Where is their God?

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 115:2 In-Context

1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to thy name give glory, because of thy mercy and thy truth;

2 lest at any time the nations should say, Where is their God?

3 But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatsoever he has pleased.

4 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of men’s hands.

5 They have a mouth, but they cannot speak; they have eyes, but they cannot see:

6 they have ears, but they cannot hear; they have noses, but they cannot smell;

7 they have hands, but they cannot handle; they have feet, but they cannot walk: they cannot speak through their throat.

8 Let those that make them become like to them, and all who trust in them.

9 The house of Israel trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.

10 The house of Aaron trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.

11 They that fear the Lord trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.

12 The Lord has remembered us, and blessed us: he has blessed the house of Israel, he has blessed the house of Aaron.

13 He has blessed them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

14 The Lord add blessings to you and to your children.

15 Blessed are ye of the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.

16 The heaven of heavens belongs to the Lord: but he has given the earth to the sons of men.

17 The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord, nor any that go down to Hades.

18 But we, the living, will bless the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.