Psalm 115:4 (WEB)
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
Fathers and councils · 8
Theodoret of Cyrus
“…psalms which mock the helplessness of idols, and saying in the words of David “The idols of the nations are of silver and gold, the work of men’s hands,” and after describing their insensibility, they added “like them be they that make them and all those that trust in them.”” — editor's note: Psalm cxv. 4
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Let those that make them be made like unto them.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxv. 15–18; cxv. 4–8.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Great are they, because they are of gold and silver; costly they are, shining they are; but yet, “Eyes they have, and see not!”” — editor's note: Ps. cxv. 4, 5.
Read the whole comment“Henceforth to the end, is the last part of the LXth: as the last part of the CXXXVth is the same as that of the CXVth, from the verse, “The images of the heathen are but gold and silver:” as the XIVth -->[4899] --> and LIIId, with a few alterations in the middle, have everything the same from the beginning to the end.” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxv. 15, cxv. 4.
Read the whole comment““Their idols,” he saith, “are silver and gold, even the work of men’s hands” (ver. 4).” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“In support of the LXX. the word used here is in Ps. cxv. 4, translated “idols.”” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“Like to them shall be they who make them, and trust in them.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxv. 15; cxv. 4.
Read the whole comment““They have eyes, and see not; a nose, and smell not; hands, and they will not handle.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxv. 4–8.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in Letters Letter 34.
Cited together in Letters Letter 34.
Cited together in Letters Letter 34.
Cited together in Letters Letter 34.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 10.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 10.
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History III.14.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 10.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 10.
Cited together in Letters Letter 34.
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History III.14.