This Psalm is still in beautiful connection. The earth may tremble, as we have just seen, when the Lord is revealing Himself and declaring His righteousness, but Israel will have a song then. And this is their song, in spirit; in anticipation, the resurrection song of Israel (Psa. 115:17-18). It breaks forth very gloriously, ascribing all the praise of their present condition to I-he Lord. Conscious resurrection must do that (see Rom. 4:20); for a dead one, now in life again, has nothing less than divine power to own. The Israel of the latter day here celebrate Jehovah as “their help and shield.” Through all their holy order they do this. And they triumph over their adversaries and all their vain confidences, and trust Him for blessing still to come (Psa. 115:12-13). And that confidence is at once honored by an oracle from above (Psa. 115:14-15).
Israel rejoices in the thought that their God is “in the heavens” (Psa. 115:3; see Psa. 110:1.) They may not fully understand it; but we know that as Jesus in the grave was a sign to them (Matt. 12:40), so is Jesus in resurrection. (Acts 2:30-31; 13:32-33.) And they will have an answer to the oft-repeated challenge of their enemies, “where is thy God?” (Psa. 115:2-3; see Psa. 42; Psa. 79; Joel 2; Mic. 7).