Psalms 115:5

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness. ²Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" ³Our God is in heaven and He does as He pleases. ⁴Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. ⁵They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;⁶they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ⁷they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats. ⁸Those who make them will be like them, as will all who trust in them.

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Reciprocal: Jeremiah 10:5 - speak Jeremiah 51:17 - Every Mark 8:18 - see Romans 1:23 - an image Romans 10:19 - foolish 1 Corinthians 12:2 - dumb Revelation 13:15 - speak

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They have mouths, but they speak not,.... These idols are carved with mouths, but they make no use of them; if any cry to them for they cannot answer them, nor save them from their troubles. Baal's priests cried to their idol, but was no voice heard, nor answer returned; they are rightly called dumb idols, Habakkuk 2:18

1 Kings 18:26, but our God in the heavens, when his people cry to him, he answers them, and sends them relief; and tells them his grace is sufficient for them, and so they find it to be.

Eyes have they, but they see not; they are made with eyes in their heads, but cannot see with them; they cannot see their worshippers, nor what they bring to them; neither their persons nor their wants, Daniel 5:23, but our God and Father in heaven, he sees in secret the persons and hearts of his people; their desires are before him, and their groanings are not hid from him; his eyes are on the righteous, and are never withdrawn from them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They have mouths ... - They are shaped like people, but have none of the attributes of intelligent beings.