Psalms 115:2

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God?

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  • Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
  • Ps 79:10 : 10 Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.
  • Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
  • Exod 32:12 : 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
  • Num 14:15-16 : 15 Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 16 Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
  • Deut 32:26-27 : 26 I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men; 27 Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
  • 2 Kgs 19:10-19 : 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? 14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah. 15 And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, that sittest [above] the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. 16 Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God. 17 Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, 18 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save thou us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou Jehovah art God alone.
  • Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

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  • 10 Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.

  • 1 Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, But unto thy name give glory, For thy lovingkindness, and for thy truth's sake.

  • Ps 115:3-4
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    3 But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.

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

  • 37 And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;

  • 17 Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

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    1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

  • 1 [Maschil of Asaph]. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

  • 1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

  • 11 Hast not thou cast us off, O God? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

  • 35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us together and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.

  • 15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it come now.

  • 11 Hath a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

  • Ps 124:1-2
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    1 [A Song of Ascents; of David]. If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

    2 If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;

  • 7 For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whensoever we call upon him?

  • 19 Arise, O Jehovah; Let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.

  • 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

  • 11 And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • 25 who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?

  • 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, And thy glory above all the earth.

  • 10 Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

  • 35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

  • Ps 10:12-13
    2 verses
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    12 Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

    13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it] ?

  • 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

  • 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.

  • 11 behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

  • 2 That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy salvation among all nations.

  • 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

  • 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

  • 49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

  • 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?

  • 2 For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • 10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

  • 3 My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

  • 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

  • 5 Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high,

  • 32 For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?

  • 11 Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.

  • 22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.

  • 47 Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.

  • 8 Oh bless our God, ye peoples, And make the voice of his praise to be heard;

  • 1 [For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song]. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

  • 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? {{Selah

  • 31 For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,

  • 13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: Who is a great god like unto God?

  • 1 O praise Jehovah, all ye nations; Laud him, all ye peoples.

  • 27 Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.

  • 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.