Psalms 115:10
in Psalms 115O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
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ASV
O house of Aaron, trust ye in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.
KJV
O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
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This verse in Psalms 115
Commentary
9 notes on this verseO house of Aaron, trust in the Lord. You who are nearest to him, trust him most; your very calling is connected with his truth and is meant to declare his glory, therefore never entertain a doubt concerning him, but lead the way in holy confidence. The priests were the leaders, teachers, and exemplars of the people, and therefore above all others they should place an unreserved reliance upon Israel's God. The Psalmist is glad to add that they did so, for he says, He is their help and their shield.
This site's exposition
O Israel, trust in the LORD
on Psalms 115:9-11
One call goes out three times, to Israel, to the house of Aaron, and to all who fear the LORD. Each line ends the same way, with God as their help and shield. The third address reaches past the nation and the priesthood.
This site's exposition
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD
The house of Aaron is the priesthood, set apart to serve at the altar. The call speaks to them and the refrain speaks about them, and Spurgeon read the change as the psalmist glad the priests did trust. Those nearest to God, he said, should trust Him most.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"But the house of Israel has hoped in the Lord" [Psalm 115:9]. "For hope that is seen is not hope; for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it." [Romans 8:24-25] But that this patience may endure to the end, "He is their helper and defender." Do perhaps spiritual persons (by whom carnal minds are built up in "the spirit of meekness," [Galatians 6:1] because they pray as higher for lower minds) already see, and is that already to them reality which to the lower is hope? It is not so. For even "the house of Aaron has hope in the Lord" [Psalm 115:10]. Therefore, that they also may stretch forward perseveringly towards those things which are before them, and may run perseveringly, until they may apprehend that for which they are apprehended, [Philippians 3:12-14] and may know even as they are known, [1 Corinthians 13:12] "He is their helper and defender." For both "fear the Lord, and have hoped in the Lord: He is their helper and defender" [Psalm 115:11].
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They ought to be examples to others of a cheerful confidence in God, and a faithful adherence to him in the worst of times. Let the proselytes, who are not of the seed of Israel, but fear the Lord, who worship him and make conscience of their duty to him, let them trust in him, for he will not fail nor forsake them,
O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord. You who are nearest to him, trust him most; your very calling is connected with his truth and is meant to declare his glory, therefore never entertain a doubt concerning him, but lead the way in holy confidence. The priests were the leaders, teachers, and exemplars of the people, and therefore above all others they should place an unreserved reliance upon Israel's God. The Psalmist is glad to add that they did so, for he says, He is their help and their shield. It is good to exhort those to faith who have faith: "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God;— that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." We may stir up pure minds by way of remembrance, and exhort men to trust in the Lord because we know that they are trusting already.
O house of Aaron - All the different classes of the priesthood.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
O house of Aaron ... - Ministers of religion; descendants of Aaron. His family was consecrated to the various services of the sanctuary.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | O house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אַ֭הֲרֹן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| בִּטְח֣וּ | bitchu | trust | H982 → | 120 times |
| בַיהוָ֑ה | bayahweh | in Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עֶזְרָ֖ם | ʾezram | [is] help their | H5828 → | 21 times |
| וּמָגִנָּ֣ם | umaginam | and shield their | H4043 → | 63 times |
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
בֵּ֣יתO house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
אַ֭הֲרֹןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
בִּטְח֣וּtrust
bitchuH982 →120 times
בַיהוָ֑הin Yahweh
bayahwehH3068 →6520 times
עֶזְרָ֖ם[is] help their
ʾezramH5828 →21 times
וּמָגִנָּ֣םand shield their
umaginamH4043 →63 times
הֽוּא׃he
hu'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 18:7But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the…
it leads to
- Numbers 3:10
So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- John 3:27
John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
- Romans 15:15–16
However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me
- Numbers 3:10
Through
Exodus 28:1“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.
it leads to
- Numbers 18:7
But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the…
- Hebrews 5:1–5
Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
- Numbers 18:7
Through
Numbers 16:5Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one…
it leads to
- Psalms 65:4
Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- Numbers 17:5
The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
- 2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- Psalms 65:4
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 115; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 5; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.