Tree of Life Version
Psalms 115:15
15May you be blessed by Adonai, Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalms 115:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
- New International Version (NIV)May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth!
- New King James Version (NKJV)May you be blessed by the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
Context of Psalms 115:15
13He will bless those who fear Adonai, the small together with the great. 14May Adonai increase you more and more —you and your children. May you be blessed by Adonai, Maker of heaven and earth. 16The heavens are the heavens of Adonai, but the earth He gave to the children of men. 17The dead do not praise Adonai, nor do any who go down into silence.
Read all of Psalms 115Psalms 115:15 word by word
בְּרוּכִ֣ים אַ֭תֶּם לַיהוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 115:15
- Psalms 3:8Arise, Adonai! Deliver me, my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek. You shatter the teeth of the wicked.
- Genesis 14:19He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by El Elyon, Creator of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 32:26When He saw that He had not overcome him, He struck the socket of his hip, so He dislocated the socket of Jacob’s hip when He wrestled with him.
- Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Messiah.
- 1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult, but give a blessing instead—it is for this reason you were called, so that you might inherit a blessing.
- Psalms 96:5For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Adonai made the heavens.
- Psalms 146:5Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in Adonai his God,
- Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Commentaries on Psalms 115:15
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Ye are blessed of the Lord - Blessed in your present comforts and mercies; blessed in his promises in regard to the time to come; blessed in the prospects which are before you. Which made heaven and earth - The true God; the great Creator of all things. It was not the blessing of a creature - man or angel - it was the blessing of the living God.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 It is folly to trust in dead images, but it is wisdom to trust in the living God, for he is a help and a shield to those that trust in him. Wherever there is right fear of God, there may be cheerful faith in him; those who reverence his word, may rely upon it. He is ever found faithful. The greatest need his blessing, and it shall not be denied to the meanest that fear him. God's blessing gives an increase, especially in spiritual blessings…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-15The psalmist blesses (Psalm 107:37–38, 41) all who trust in and fear the Lord. The Creator will care for the families of those who fear him. the Maker of heaven and earth: This phrase speaks about how the Lord created everything and has power over all creation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1715-17. They were not only God's peculiar people, but as living inhabitants of earth, assigned the work of His praise as monuments of divine power, wisdom, and goodness.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 115
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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