Psalms 115:3
1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
2 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
- KJV
- But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
- WEB
- But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
- ASV
- But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.
- DARBY
- But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he pleased.
- BLB
- And our God [is] in the heavens; all that he has pleased, He has done.
- ÅB
- Vår Gud er jo i himmelen; han gjør alt det han vil.
- OTB
- Vår Gud er i himmelen;
Han gjør alt det Han vil. - B1930
- Vår Gud er jo i himmelen; han gjør alt det han vil.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 135:6
The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
Read in contextDaniel 4:35
All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
Read in contextIsaiah 46:10
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Read in contextEphesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Read in contextPsalms 103:19
The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.
Read in contextRomans 9:19
One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
Read in contextPsalms 2:4
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
Read in contextPsalms 123:1
I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
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