Salmos 115:1-8

1 Não a nós, SENHOR, nenhuma glória para nós,mas sim ao teu nome,por teu amor e por tua fidelidade!

2 Por que perguntam as nações:“Onde está o Deus deles?”

3 O nosso Deus está nos céus,e pode fazer tudo o que lhe agrada.

4 Os ídolos deles, de prata e ouro,são feitos por mãos humanas.

5 Têm boca, mas não podem falar;olhos, mas não podem ver;

6 têm ouvidos, mas não podem ouvir;nariz, mas não podem sentir cheiro;

7 têm mãos, mas nada podem apalpar;pés, mas não podem andar;e não emitem som algum com a garganta.

8 Tornem-se como eles aqueles que os fazeme todos os que neles confiam.

Salmos 115:1-8 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.