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You Become What You Worship
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse reveals a profound spiritual law: those who make and trust in lifeless idols become like them—spiritually deaf, blind, and senseless. As Charles Spurgeon noted, 'no one was ever better than the god they worshipped.' John Calvin sees this not just as a curse but as a statement of fact, ridiculing those who abandon their God-given reason to worship man-made objects.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 115:8
18th Century
Theologian
They that make them are like unto them—stupid, senseless, irrational. See the notes at Isaiah 44:9-20.
So is everyone…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 115:8
19th Century
Bishop
Every one that trusteth ... —
“Who moulds in gold or stone a sacred face
Makes not the god; but he who asks his grace.”
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 115:8
19th Century
Preacher
Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.
That is to say, they are as stupid and doltish as the idols t…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 115:8
16th Century
Theologian
Those who make them shall be like them. Many are of the opinion that this is a curse, and therefore translate the future tense in the opta…
John Gill
On Psalms 115:8
17th Century
Pastor
They that make them are like to them
As stupid as the matter of which they are made; as sottish and as senseless as …
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…