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Psalms 115:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.


Psalms 115:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 115:46 words
HebrewMeaning
עֲֽ֭צַבֵּי/הֶםʿăṣabēyhem
idols theirnounH6091
image
כֶּ֣סֶףkesep
are silvernounH3701
price · silver
וְ/זָהָ֑בwəzāhāb
and goldconjH2091
fair weather
מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הmaʿăśēh
the work ofnounH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
יְדֵ֣יyədēy
the hands ofnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
אָדָֽםʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 115:4

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.…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 115
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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