1151 Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.
1151 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
1151 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
1151 Not for our sake, God, no, not for our sake, but for your name's sake, show your glory. Do it on account of your merciful love, do it on account of your faithful ways.
1151 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth.
1151 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 115:1
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.