Psalms 115:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֤א לָ֥נוּ יְהוָ֗ה לֹ֫א לָ֥נוּ כִּֽי־לְ֭שִׁמְךָ תֵּ֣ן כָּב֑וֹד עַל־חַ֝סְדְּךָ֗ עַל־אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

Not to-us YHWH, not to-us, kî-to-šīm-yours tēn kāḇôḏ, upon-ḥesed-yours, upon-ʾămiṯeḵā.

Grammar Details

• לֹא: negative particle, 'not'
• לָנוּ: preposition with 1st person plural suffix, 'to us'
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *kî*: conjunction, 'because/for'
• *šīm*: noun construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix, 'name-your'
• *tēn*: imperative verb, 2nd person masculine singular, 'give'
• *kāḇôḏ*: noun, masculine singular, 'glory/honor'
• עַל: preposition, 'upon/concerning'
• *ḥesed*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix, 'lovingkindness-your'
• *ʾămiṯeḵā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix, 'truth-your'

Word Meanings

• *kî*: because/for/that
• *tēn*: give/grant/bestow
• *kāḇôḏ*: glory/honor/weight
• *ḥesed*: lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy/covenant faithfulness
• *ʾămiṯeḵā*: truth/faithfulness/reliability

Referenced Verses

• Ps 79:9-9 : 9 Help{H8798)} us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver{H8685)} us, and purge away{H8761)} our sins, for thy name's sake. 10 Wherefore should the heathen say{H8799)}, Where is their God? let him be known{H8735)} among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed{H8803)}.
• Isa 48:11 : 11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
• Ezek 36:22 : 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
• Ezek 36:32 : 32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
• Dan 9:19 : 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
• Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
• Ps 96:8 : 8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
• Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
• Rom 15:8-9 : 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
• Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
• Rev 4:10-11 : 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
• Ps 89:1-2 : 1 Maschil{H8688)} of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing{H8799)} of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known{H8686)} thy faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said{H8804)}, Mercy shall be built up{H8735)} for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish{H8686)} in the very heavens.
• Josh 7:9 : 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
• Ps 61:7 : 7 He shall abide{H8799)} before God for ever: O prepare{H8761)} mercy and truth, which may preserve{H8799)} him.
• Ps 74:22 : 22 Arise{H8798)}, O God, plead{H8798)} thine own cause: remember{H8798)} how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.