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Psalms 135:15-18

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 135:15-18

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not. They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them. A condensed recitation of (comp. ). In its present place it is a sort of exposition of .

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