Psalms 115:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

Psalms 115:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 79:9-10
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. …
Isaiah 48:11
For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
Psalms 96:8
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
Ezekiel 20:14
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
Ezekiel 36:32
Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

Sufficient care is here taken to answer both the pretensions of self and the reproaches of idolaters. I. Boasting is here for ever excluded, Ps. 115:1. Let no opinion of our own merits have any room either in our prayers or in our praises, but let both centre in God’s glory. 1. Have we received any mercy, gone through any service, or gained any success? We must not assume the glory of it to oursel…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Psa 115:1-18. The Psalmist prays that God would vindicate His glory, which is contrasted with the vanity of idols, while the folly of their worshippers is contrasted with the trust of God’s people, who are encouraged to its exercise and to unite in the praise which it occasions. 1-3. The vindication of God’s mercy and faithfulness (Psa 25:10; 36:6) is the “glory” of His “name,” which is desired to…