Psalms 115 · Verse 15

Psalms 115:15

Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
Psalms 115:15, King James Version

Psalms 115:15 in other translations

BSBMay you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
WEBBlessed are you by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
ASVBlessed are ye of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
YLTBlessed are ye of Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,
DARBYYe are blessed of Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.
BBEMay you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
WebsterYe are blessed of the LORD who made heaven and earth.

What does Psalms 115:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 115:15-17
15-17. They were not only God's peculiar people, but as living inhabitants of earth, assigned the work of His praise as monuments of divine power, wisdom, and goodness.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 115:9-18

It is folly to trust in dead images, but it is wisdom to trust in the living God, for he is a help and a shield to those that trust in him. Wherever there is right fear of God, there may be cheerful faith in him; those who reverence his word, may rely upon it. He is ever found faithful. The greatest need his blessing, and it shall not be denied to the meanest that fear him. God's blessing gives an increase…

Read the full comment on Psalms 115:9-18 →

Psalms 115:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּרוּכִ֣יםbe.ru.Khim[be] blessedH1288
אַ֭תֶּם'A.temyouH859
לַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehby YahwehH3068
עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה'o.Seh[the] maker ofH6213
שָׁמַ֥יִםsha.Ma.yimheavenH8064
וָאָֽרֶץ\׃va.'A.retzand earthH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 115:15

  • Psalms 134:3

    The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

  • Revelation 14:7

    Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

  • Genesis 14:19

    And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

  • Genesis 1:1

    In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

  • Psalms 121:2

    My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

  • Psalms 96:5

    For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

  • Acts 14:15

    And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

  • Ephesians 1:3-4

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

  • 1 Peter 3:9

    Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

  • Psalms 146:5-6

    Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

  • Genesis 32:26-29

    And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

  • Psalms 124:8

    Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
blessed.
3:8; Ge 14:19; 32:26-29; Eph 1:3,4; 1Pe 3:9
made.
96:5; 146:5,6; Ge 1:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 115:14

    The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

  • Psalms 115:15

    Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.

  • Psalms 115:16

    The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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Psalms 115:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Benditos vosotros de Jehová, que hizo los cielos y la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Vous êtes bénis de l’ Éternel, qui a fait les cieux et la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gesegnet seid ihr von Jehova, der Himmel und Erde gemacht hat.