Psalm 115:8
ESV
Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.
NIV
Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
NASB
Those who make them will become like them, Everyone who trusts in them.
CSB
Those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
NLT
And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
KJV
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
NKJV
Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them.
What does Psalm 115:8 mean?
Please see our chapter commentary on Psalm 115; verse-level content coming soon!Psalm 115:4–8 attacks the foolish idea of worshipping an idol. These artificial objects (Psalm 135:15) are shaped like men but cannot do the things men can do (Habakkuk 2:18). Statues cannot speak, see, hear, or move. Those who worship idols eventually become as powerless and purposeless as the unliving images they create (Isaiah 44:9).
Psalm 115 turns all praise and credit away from the people of Israel and gives it entirely to God. Pagan nations worshipped statues and objects. They might have ridiculed Israel's worship of an invisible deity. Yet their own idols were unthinking, unmoving, silent fakes. They were shaped like men but couldn't even do the things ordinary men could do. Israel should maintain trust in the Lord, who chose them as His people and made a covenant with them. The psalmist anticipates a long, productive life of worship because of God's protection.
