“Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.”
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness. The psalm opens with a disavowal: the speaker redirects glory away from Israel ('not to us') toward God's name, motivated by God's faithfulness and love. The doubled negation emphasizes the point. This verse establishes that true piety recognizes God's transcendence and avoids false human glory-seeking.
Church Fathers on Psalms 115:1
1. “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Your Name give the praise” Psalm 113:1. For that grace of the water that gushed from the rock (“now that rock was Christ” 1 Corinthians 10:4), was not given on the score of works that had gone before, but of His mercy “that justifies the ungodly.” Romans 4:5 For “Christ died for sinners,” that men might not seek any glory of their own, but in the Lord's Name. 2. “For Your loving mercy, and for Your truth's sake” Psalm 113:2.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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