The Meaning of Psalms 115:8 Explained

Psalms 115:8

KJV: They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

YLT: Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

Darby: They that make them are like unto them, every one that confideth in them.

ASV: They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They that make  them are like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth  in them. 

What does Psalms 115:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 115:1-18 - Powerless Idols Our Powerful God
Evidently this psalm was intended to be sung by various voices: Psalms 115:1-8 by the whole congregation in unison, while the sacrifice was being offered; Psalms 115:9-11, by a solo voice giving the first line of each couplet, the whole audience chanting the refrain; Psalms 115:12-15, by the priest as a benediction; Psalms 115:16-18, by the whole congregation, which now breaks into glad hallelujahs.
It was composed during the early days of the return from Babylon, when the small groups of settlers were surrounded by the jeers and scoffs of their enemies. This was their reply, as they brought out the scathing contrast between the idols of their neighbors and the majesty of Jehovah. We are reminded of Isaiah's description of an idol factory. The idols had outward semblance and no power. Jehovah had no outward semblance, but all power. Let us take to heart the threefold invitation to faith in Psalms 115:9-11, and reckon on God as our help in the battle and our shield against our foes. The smallest may get his blessing as well as the greatest, Psalms 115:13. We can never impose a strain on the resources of God, however great our demands. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 115

1  Because God is truly glorious
4  And idols are vanity
9  He exhorts to confidence in God
12  God is to be blessed for his blessing

What do the individual words in Psalms 115:8 mean?

Like them are Those who make them [So is] everyone who trusts in them
כְּ֭מוֹהֶם יִהְי֣וּ עֹשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כֹּ֭ל אֲשֶׁר־ בֹּטֵ֣חַ בָּהֶֽם

כְּ֭מוֹהֶם  Like  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: כְּמֹו  
Sense: like, as, the like of which conj.
עֹשֵׂיהֶ֑ם  Those  who  make  them 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
כֹּ֭ל  [So  is]  everyone 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
בֹּטֵ֣חַ  trusts 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: בָּטוּחַ 
Sense: to trust.
בָּהֶֽם  in  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural

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