8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
8 Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
8 Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.
8 Those who make them have become just like them, have become just like the gods they trust.
8 Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them.
8 And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
8 Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet."They did so,
8 And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it.
8 "Now fill your pitchers and take them to the host," Jesus said, and they did.
8 And He said to them, "Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast." And they took it.
8 he said, "Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies." So the servants followed his instructions.
(Read John 2:1-11)
It is very desirable when there is a marriage, to have Christ own and bless it. Those that would have Christ with them at their marriage, must invite him by prayer, and he will come. While in this world we sometimes find ourselves in straits, even when we think ourselves in fulness. There was want at a marriage feast. Those who are come to care for the things of the world, must look for trouble, and count upon disappointment. In our addresses to Christ, we must humbly spread our case before him, and then refer ourselves to him to do as he pleases. In Christ's reply to his mother there was no disrespect. He used the same word when speaking to her with affection from the cross; yet it is a standing testimony against the idolatry of after-ages, in giving undue honours to his mother. His hour is come when we know not what to do. Delays of mercy are not denials of prayer. Those that expect Christ's favours, must observe his orders with ready obedience. The way of duty is the way to mercy; and Christ's methods must not be objected against. The beginning of Moses' miracles was turning water into blood, Luke 21:34. Though we need not scruple to feast with our friends on proper occasions, yet every social interview should be so conducted, that we might invite the Redeemer to join with us, if he were now on earth; and all levity, luxury, and excess offend him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 115:8
Commentary on Psalm 115:1-8
(Read Psalm 115:1-8)
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 good we have, is the gift of his mere mercy, and he must have all the praise. Are we in pursuit of any mercy, and wrestling with God for it, we must take encouragement in prayer from God only. Lord, do so for us; not that we may have the credit and comfort of it, but that they mercy and truth may have the glory of it. The heathen gods are senseless things. They are the works of men's hands: the painter, the carver, the statuary, can put no life into them, therefore no sense. The psalmist hence shows the folly of the worshippers of idols.