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Psalm 115 is the 115th psalm of the Book of Psalms, ... Charles Spurgeon: Psalm 115 detailed commentary, archive.spurgeon.org "Hymns for Psalm 115". hymnary.org
The Latin text is from the Vulgate translation of the Book of Psalms, Psalm 113:9 in Vulgate / Greek numbering (Psalm 115:1 in Hebrew numbering): Nōn nōbīs, Domine, nōn nōbīs, sed nōminī tuō dā glōriam (KJV: "Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to thy name give the glory" [3]).
In Latin, Psalm 114 is known as "Dilexi quoniam exaudiet Dominus", [2] and Psalm 115 is known as "Credidi propter quod locutus sum". [3] Psalm 116 in Hebrew is the fourth psalm in the “Egyptian Hallel”. [4] The Septuagint and Vulgate open with the word "Alleluia", whereas the Hebrew version has this word at the end of the preceding psalm. [5]
The text is a passage from Psalm 115, assuring of God's blessing, especially for children. Scholars have suggested the work may have been written for the wedding of Johann Lorenz Stauber, the minister in Dornheim who had married Bach and his first wife there in 1707, and Regina Wedemann, an aunt of Bach's wife, on 5 June 1708.
The Book of Psalms (/ s ɑː (l) m z /, US also / s ɔː (l) m z /; [1] Biblical Hebrew: תְּהִלִּים , romanized: Tehillīm, lit. 'praises'; Ancient Greek: Ψαλμός, romanized: Psalmós; Latin: Liber Psalmorum; Arabic: زَبُورُ, romanized: Zabūr), also known as the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called Ketuvim ('Writings ...
His translation was used as a benchmark for accuracy by C. S. Lewis during his research for 'Reflections on the Psalms' (1958), [5] and was utilized by Martin Luther King Jr. for quotations from Philippians in 'Strength to Love' (1963).
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