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Psalm 115

Psa. 115:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

Notc unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.

Isa. 48:11• ¹¹For 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. (Isa. 48:11)

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Ezek. 36:32• ³²Not 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. (Ezek. 36:32)

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Ministry on This Verse

1-3: Because God is truly glorious,

4-8: and idols are vanity,

9-11: he exhorts to confidence in God.

12-18: God is to be blessed for his blessings.

A.M. 3108.

B.C. 896.

(Title.)This seems to be an [epinikion,] or triumphal song, in which the victory is wholly ascribed to Jehovah; and to none can it be referred with more propriety than to that of Jehoshaphat over the confederated forces of his enemies, 2 Ch 20.unto us.

Psa. 74:22• ²²Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. (Psa. 74:22)

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Psa. 79:9‑10• ⁹Help 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.
¹⁰Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. (Psa. 79:9‑10)

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Josh. 7:9• ⁹For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? (Josh. 7:9)

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Isa. 48:11• ¹¹For 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. (Isa. 48:11)

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Ezek. 20:14• ¹⁴But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. (Ezek. 20:14)

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Ezek. 36:32• ³²Not 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. (Ezek. 36:32)

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Dan. 9:19• ¹⁹O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name. (Dan. 9:19)

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Eph. 1:6• ⁶To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. (Eph. 1:6)

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Rev. 4:10‑11• ¹⁰The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
¹¹Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. (Rev. 4:10‑11)

for thy mercy.

Psa. 61:7• ⁷He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. (Psa. 61:7)

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Psa. 89:1‑2• ¹<<Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.>> I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
²For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. (Psa. 89:1‑2)

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Mic. 7:20• ²⁰Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. (Mic. 7:20)

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John 1:17• ¹⁷For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. (John 1:17)

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Rom. 15:8‑9• ⁸Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
⁹And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. (Rom. 15:8‑9)

• Book 5, Series 2. Ten tribes restored. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)

• The first principle here brought under our eye is setting the Lord's glory first, a simple but mighty one— “not to us but to thy name.” So we find perfectly in Christ. But this is followed, for all that, by the connection of that glory with God's people. The first principle gives purity of motive—this the courage and hope of faith. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 114-118” by J.N. Darby)

• They have failed on their side to take up the promise in the path of righteousness. Yet God has promised, and here His name of government in grace comes in. “Give the glory to thy name for thy mercy,” that is part of His name; “and for thy truth's sake,” that is another. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 114-118” by J.N. Darby)

• (vs. 1) The opening verse gives the theme of the psalm—God’s people refusing any merit in themselves, and ascribing all blessing to the Lord. Psalms 114 had traced their deliverance to the presence of the Lord acting in power on behalf of His people. Psalms 115 shuts out the power and glory of man. (“Psalms 115” by H. Smith)

• This psalm gives the moral side of Israel’s deliverance. The ten tribes who have long been marked by idolatry (2 Ki. 17:7-41, Hos. 4:17) are seen as having judged their idols (Hos. 14:8) that held them (vs. 1-8). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth’s sake.