KJV King James Version
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth’s sake.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 115:1
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth’s sake.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
WEB World English Bible
Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
ASV American Standard Version
Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, But unto thy name give glory, For thy lovingkindness, and for thy truth’s sake.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth.
Surrounding context — Psalm 115
1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth’s sake.
2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] now their God?
3 But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
4 Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לֹ֤אH3808 · lonotלָ֥נוּH9035 · nuusיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֹ֫אH3808 · lonotלָ֥נוּH9035 · nuusכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforלְ֭שִׁמְךָH8034 · shemnameתֵּ֣ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveכָּב֑וֹדH3519 · ka.vodgloryעַל־H5921 · aluponחַ֝סְדְּךָ֗H2617 · che.sedkindnessעַל־H5921 · aluponאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃H571 · e.mettruth: faithful
Cross-references
Psalm 79:9-10Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.Isaiah 48:11For mine own sake, [even] for mine own sake, will I do [it]: for how should [my name] be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.Psalm 96:8Give unto the LORD the glory [due unto] his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.Ezekiel 20:14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.Ezekiel 36:32Not for your sakes do I [this], saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.Ezekiel 36:22Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not [this] for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.Ephesians 1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.Psalm 89:1-2Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?Psalm 61:7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, [which] may preserve him.Daniel 9:19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.Revelation 4:10-11The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.Romans 15:8-9Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] unto the fathers:Micah 7:20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.Psalm 74:22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
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