Psalms 115:4

4 But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.

Psalms 115:4 in Other Translations

4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

4 Their idols are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.

4 Their gods are metal and wood, handmade in a basement shop:

4 Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.

Psalms 115:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 115:4

Their idols are silver and gold
The idols of the Gentiles; so the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions. The gods they serve and worship are not in the heavens; but the matter of which they are made is dug out of the earth: and this is the greatest excellency and value that there is in them; and such as are made of these are of the greatest worth, and yet only for the matter of them, otherwise useless and inanimate statues; such are the idols of the Papists, ( Revelation 9:20 ) .

The work of men's hands;
the matter of them is gold and silver, which they owe to the earth as their original; the form of them they owe to men, and therefore can not be God, ( Hosea 8:6 ) . If it is idolatry to worship what God has made, the sun, moon, and stars, it must be gross idolatry, and great stupidity, to worship what man has made: if it is sinful to worship the creature besides the Creator, or more than him, it must be still more so to worship the creature of a creature.

Psalms 115:4 In-Context

2 Why do the nations say, “Where is their God?”

3 Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.

4 But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.

5 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.

6 They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.

Cross References

• 1. Revelation 9:20
• 2. Deuteronomy 4:28; S 2 Kings 19:18; S 2 Chronicles 32:19; Jeremiah 10:3-5; Acts 19:26