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A Plea for God's Reputation
Commentators agree that this verse is more than a cry of personal suffering; it's a plea for God's own reputation. When God's people are afflicted, unbelievers mockingly ask, "Where is their God?" This questions His power, faithfulness, and very existence. The prayer, therefore, is an appeal for God to act, not just to save His people, but to vindicate His own glorious name before the nations.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 115:2
18th Century
Theologian
Wherefore should the heathen say - The nations; those who worshipped idols, and who claimed that those idols were true gods. Why sh…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 115:1–2
19th Century
Preacher
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your mercy, and for your truth's sake. Why should the heathen say, Where is now …
John Calvin
On Psalms 115:2
16th Century
Theologian
Why should the heathen say, Where is now their God? They here express how God would maintain His glory in the preservation of the Church. …
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John Gill
On Psalms 115:2
17th Century
Pastor
Wherefore should the Heathen say
The nations about Israel, the nations of the world; the Gentiles in any age; the Pa…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 115:1–8
17th Century
Minister
Let no opinion of our own merits have any place in our prayers or in our praises. All the good we do is done by the power of his grace; and all the…