Geneva Study Bible Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. Not {a} unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
(a) Because God promised to deliver them, not for their sakes, but for his Name, Isa 48:11, therefore they ground their prayer on this promise. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? Wherefore should the heathen say, {b} Where is now their God?
(b) When the wicked see that God does not always accomplish his promise as they imagined, they think there is no God. But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath {c} pleased.
(c) No impediments can slow his work, but he uses even the impediments to serve his will. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. Their idols are {d} silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
(d) Seeing that neither the matter nor the form can commend their idols it follows that there is no reason that they should be esteemed. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. They have {e} hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
(e) He shows what great vanity it is to ask help from them who not only have no help in them, but lack sense and reason. They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. They that make them are {f} like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
(f) As much without sense as blocks and stones. O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. {g} O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
(g) For they were appointed by God as instructors and teachers of faith and religion for others to follow. Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he {h} will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
(h) That is, he will continue his graces toward his people. He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. Ye are blessed of the LORD which {i} made heaven and earth.
(i) And therefore still governs and continues all things in it. The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. The {k} heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
(k) And they declare enough his sufficiency so that the world serves him nothing, but to show his fatherly care toward men. The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that {l} go down into silence.
(l) Though the dead set forth God's glory, yet he means here, that they praise him not in his Church and congregation. But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD. But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD. The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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