Psalms 115:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] now their God?

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  • Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?
  • Ps 79:10 : 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight [by] the revenging of the blood of thy servants [which is] shed.
  • Ps 42:10 : 10 [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?
  • Exod 32:12 : 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, 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 [all] this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 16 Because the LORD 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 into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD 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 delivered 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; [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which [were] in Thelasar? 13 Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? 14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest [between] the cherubims, thou art the God, [even] thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. 16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed 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 LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD God, [even] thou only.
  • Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where [is] their God?

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  • 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight [by] the revenging of the blood of thy servants [which is] shed.

  • 1 ¶ Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth's sake.

  • Ps 115:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3 But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

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

  • 37 And he shall say, Where [are] their gods, [their] rock in whom they trusted,

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

  • 74%

    1 ¶ Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine 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 LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?

  • 11 [Wilt] not [thou], O God, [who] hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?

  • 35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, [and] glory in thy praise.

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

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

  • Ps 124:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 ¶ A Song of degrees of David. If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

    2 If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

  • 7 For what nation [is there so] great, who [hath] God [so] nigh unto them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him [for]?

  • 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen 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 mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

  • 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;

  • 10 [Wilt] not thou, O God, [which] hadst cast us off? and [thou], O God, [which] didst not go out with our armies?

  • 35 Who [are] they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

  • Ps 10:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12 ¶ Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

    13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said 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 God.

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

  • 11 Behold, [I say, 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 saving health among all nations.

  • 10 [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?

  • 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

  • 49 Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

  • 27 ¶ Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

  • 2 For thou [art] the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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

  • 3 My tears have been my meat 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 the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,

  • 32 For who [is] God, save the LORD? and who [is] a rock, save our God?

  • 11 The LORD [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 heathen.

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

  • 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, [and] to triumph in thy praise.

  • 8 ¶ O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

  • 1 ¶ To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. 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 the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God?

  • 13 Thy way, O God, [is] in the sanctuary: who [is so] great a God as [our] God?

  • 1 ¶ O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

  • 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

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