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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 130 of 159
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/130/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 130. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/130/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 130. Psalm 115

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[¶0] 1 Not to us, O Jehovah! not to us, But to thy name give glory, On account of thy mercy, on account of thy truth.

[¶1] 2 Why should the heathen say, “Where is now their God?”

[¶2] 3 But our God is in the heaven: Whatever pleased him he hath done.

[¶3] 4 Their idols are silver and gold, The work of the hands of men.

[¶4] 5 A mouth have they, and they do not speak: Eyes have they, and they do not see:

[¶5] 6 Ears have they, and they do not hear: Noses have they, and they do not smell:

[¶6] 7 Hands have they, and they do not feel: Feet have they, and they do not walk: They do not speak through their throat.

[¶7] 8 Like to them shall be those who make them, And every one who trusteth in them.

[¶8] 9 O Israel! trust thou in Jehovah: Their help and their shield is He:

[¶9] 10 O house of Aaron! trust in Jehovah: Their help and their shield is he:

[¶10] 11 Ye who fear Jehovah! trust in Jehovah: Their help and their shield is He.

[¶11] 12 Jehovah hath remembered us; he will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron.

[¶12] 13 He will bless those who fear Jehovah, The small together with the great.

[¶13] 14 Jehovah will add to you, To you and to your children.

[¶14] 15 Blessed are ye of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

[¶15] 16 The heavens, the heavens are Jehovah’s: But the earth he hath given to the sons of men.

[¶16] 17 The dead shall not praise thee, O God! Nor any who go down into silence.

[¶17] 18 But as for us we will bless God, From this time, and even for evermore. Hallelujah.