7 They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with their throats.

Other Translations of Psalm 115:7

King James Version

7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

English Standard Version

7 They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat.

The Message

7 Hands that can't grasp, feet that can't walk or run, throats that never utter a sound.

New King James Version

7 They have hands, but they do not handle; Feet they have, but they do not walk; Nor do they mutter through their throat.

New Living Translation

7 They have hands but cannot feel, and feet but cannot walk, and throats but cannot make a sound.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 115:7

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.