Psalms 115:2
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
KJV
Ego dixi in excessu meo : Omnis homo mendax.
Vulgate
ἐγὼ εἶπα ἐν τῇ ἐκστάσει μου Πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης.
LXX
Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God?
ASV
לָ֭/מָּה יֹאמְר֣וּ הַ/גּוֹיִ֑ם אַיֵּה נָ֝֗א אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַיֵּ֖ה
'yh
pronoun · 47×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Is the soul of man carried away to things divine? Does rapture pertain to the cognitive or to the appetitive power? Did Paul when in rapture see the essence of God? Was he withdrawn from his senses? When in that state, was his soul was wholly separated from his body? What did he know, and what did he not know about this matter? Article 1. Whether the soul of man is carried away…
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 2:14 — And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elish
- Exod 32:12 — 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
- Isa 36:18 — Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
- Joel 2:17 — 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
- Joel 2:17 — 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
- Mic 7:10 — Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
- Ps 42:3 — My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
- Ps 42:3 — My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
- Ps 42:10 — As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
- Ps 79:10 — 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 79:10 — 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.