Salmi 115:1-6

1 Non a noi, o Eterno, non a noi, ma al tuo nome da’ gloria, per la tua benignità e per la tua fedeltà!

2 Perché direbbero le nazioni: Dov’è il loro Dio?

3 Ma il nostro Dio è nei cieli; egli fa tutto ciò che gli piace.

4 I loro idoli sono argento ed oro, opera di mano d’uomo.

5 Hanno bocca e non parlano, hanno occhi e non vedono,

6 hanno orecchi e non odono, hanno naso e non odorano,

Salmi 115:1-6 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.