- Bible
- Psalms
- Chapter 115
- Verse 7
Psalms 115:7
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
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Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
They have hands, but they handle not,.... So as to feel any thing that is put into their hands; they cannot make use of their hands to stretch them out, and receive anything from their worshippers;…
They have mouths ... - They are shaped like people, but have none of the attributes of intelligent beings.
Sufficient care is here taken to answer both the pretensions of self and the reproaches of idolaters.
I. Boasting is here for ever excluded, Psa 115:1. Let no opinion of our own merits have any room…