3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he pleased.
Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, he hath done in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps;
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of the heavens, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Thus therefore pray *ye*: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified,
in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his own will,
He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.
Sing unto God, sing forth his name; cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts: his name is Jah; and rejoice before him.
declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
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Psalm 115
Many ancient translations join this psalm to that which goes next before it, the Septuagint particularly, and the vulgar Latin; but it is, in the Hebrew, a distinct psalm. In it we are taught to give glory,
Some think this psalm was penned upon occasion of some great distress and trouble that the church of God was in, when the enemies were in insolent and threatening, in which case the church does not so much pour out her complaint to God as place her confidence in God, and triumph in doing so; and with such a holy triumph we ought to sing this psalm.
Psa 115:1-8
Sufficient care is here taken to answer both the pretensions of self and the reproaches of idolaters.
Psa 115:9-18
In these verses,