Psalm 115

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Psalm 115 is a biblical psalm that contrasts the living God of Israel with lifeless idols, emphasizing trust in the Lord rather than in man-made gods.

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Label Occurrences
Psalm 115 canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical psalm ⓘ
Old Testament text ⓘ
Religious hymn ⓘ
affirms The Lord does whatever pleases Him ⓘ
The Lord is in the heavens ⓘ
The earth He has given to the children of men ⓘ
book Psalms ⓘ
callsFor Blessing the Lord from this time forth and forevermore ⓘ
chapterNumber 115 ⓘ
contrasts The living God of Israel with lifeless idols ⓘ
declares Idols have ears but do not hear ⓘ
Idols have eyes but do not see ⓘ
Idols have mouths but do not speak ⓘ
Those who make idols become like them ⓘ
emphasizes The faithfulness of the God of Israel ⓘ
The impotence of idols ⓘ
Trust in the Lord rather than in man-made gods ⓘ
focusesOn God as the helper and shield of His people ⓘ
genre Hymn of praise ⓘ
Liturgical psalm ⓘ
includedIn Masoretic Text ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalUse Christian worship ⓘ
Jewish worship ⓘ
mentions House of Aaron ⓘ
House of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israelites

Those who fear the Lord ⓘ
numberingVariant In the Septuagint and Vulgate, content associated with Psalm 115 may be numbered differently ⓘ
openingWords "Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory" ⓘ
partOf Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Psalms

Christian Old Testament ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
states The dead do not praise the Lord ⓘ
theme Critique of idolatry ⓘ
Divine help and protection ⓘ
Glory to God alone ⓘ
Sovereignty of God ⓘ
Trust in the Lord ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis Divine glory ⓘ
Human dependence on God ⓘ
Monotheism ⓘ
tradition In some Christian traditions, combined with Psalm 114 in numbering ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo David ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Letter of Jeremiah → influencedBy → Psalm 115 ⓘ
Hallel → composedOf → Psalm 115 ⓘ
Psalms 113–118 → hasPart → Psalm 115 ⓘ
Hallelujah psalm → example → Psalm 115 ⓘ