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Psalms 115:3

115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

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But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.

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

But our God is in the heavens: he has done whatever he has pleased.

115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

What does Psalms 115:3 mean?

Psalms 115:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym), שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim), עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh).

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But
our
Godאֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
is
in
the
heavens:שָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
he
hath
doneעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
whatsoever
he
hath
pleased.חָפֵץchâphêts/khaw-fates'/H2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 115:3.

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Genesis 1:16

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. to rule the day: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.

Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

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What does Psalms 115:3 say?

Psalms 115:3 (King James Version) reads: "But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased."

Is Psalms 115:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 115:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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