Psalm 115:2-8

2 ¿Por qué tienen que decirnos las naciones:«¿Dónde está su Dios?»

3 Nuestro Dios está en los cielosy puede hacer lo que le parezca.

4 Pero sus ídolos son de oro y plata,producto de manos humanas.

5 Tienen boca, pero no pueden hablar;ojos, pero no pueden ver;

6 tienen oídos, pero no pueden oír;nariz, pero no pueden oler;

7 tienen manos, pero no pueden palpar;pies, pero no pueden andar;¡ni un solo sonido emite su garganta!

8 Semejantes a ellos son sus hacedores,y todos los que confían en ellos.

Psalm 115:2-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 115

This psalm is by the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, joined to the former, and makes one psalm with it: and Kimchi says, that in some books the psalm does not begin here; but in the best and correct copies of the Hebrew, and in the Targum, it stands a distinct psalm; and the different subject matter or argument shows it to be so. It is ascribed to various persons; by some to Moses and the Israelites, when pursued by Pharaoh: by others to the three companions of Daniel, cast into the fiery furnace: by others to Mordecai and Esther, when Haman distressed the Jews: by others to the heroes at the times of Antiochus and the Maccabees; so Theodoret: by some to Jehoshaphat, when a numerous army came against him; and by others to David, which is more probable; though on what occasion is not easy to say: some have thought it was written by him, when insulted by the Jebusites, 2Sa 5:6. The occasion of it seems to be some distress the church of God was in from the Heathens; and the design of it is to encourage trust and confidence in the Lord; and to excite the saints to give him the glory of all their mercies, and to expose the vanity of idols.