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The Creator vs. The Created
Commentators unanimously highlight the verse's central argument: an object made by human hands cannot be a god. As scholars like John Calvin and Albert Barnes explain, a thing fashioned by a person cannot be superior to its maker. The verse exposes the logical absurdity of worshipping something you yourself have created, contrasting it with the worship of the uncreated God who made all things.
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Psalms
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 115:4
18th Century
Theologian
Their idols—Their gods—the gods that they worship, as contrasted with the God whom we adore. The design of this description ([Reference Psal…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 115:4–8
19th Century
Bishop
This passage cannot compare with the magnificent irony of Isaiah 44:9-20, but there is still a noticeable vein of sarcasm running through it, visib…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 115:4–7
19th Century
Preacher
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: they have ear…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 115:4
16th Century
Theologian
Their idols This contrast is introduced to confirm the faith of the godly, by which they rely upon God alone; because, apart from him, all…
John Gill
On Psalms 115:4
17th Century
Pastor
Their idols are silver and gold
The idols of the Gentiles; so the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Eth…
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…