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Psalm 115:1

Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.

1Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
2Why should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?”
3But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
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The repeated “not to us” raises the question of who receives glory, while the prayer rests its appeal on God’s loving kindness and truth.

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Psalm 79:9–10Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.Both prayers appeal to the glory of God’s name, with Psalm 79 asking for help, deliverance, and forgiveness.
Isaiah 48:11For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.Both reserve glory for God: the psalm asks him to glorify his name, and Isaiah declares that he will keep his glory.
Ephesians 3:21to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.Both direct glory to God, with Ephesians naming the assembly and Christ Jesus and extending that praise through all generations.
Psalm 96:8Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts.Both tie glory to the LORD’s name; Psalm 96 also directs worshipers to bring an offering into his courts.
Acts 12:23Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory. Then he was eaten by worms and died.Both concern giving God glory; Acts records a fatal judgment against a man who did not give God glory.
1 Corinthians 3:7So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.Both turn attention from human importance toward God, who receives glory in the psalm and gives the increase in Corinthians.
Romans 11:36For of him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.Both direct glory to God, with Romans grounding its praise in all things coming from, through, and to him.
Ezekiel 20:14But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.Both connect God’s action with his name’s honor; the psalm’s surrounding verses and Ezekiel also name the watching nations.
Philippians 4:20Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.Both direct glory to God, with Philippians naming him as Father and declaring that glory belongs to him forever.
1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and we have given you of your own.Both turn attention away from human credit toward God; Chronicles explains that even the people’s offerings first came from him.
Ezekiel 36:32I don’t do this for your sake,” says the Lord GOD. “Let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Israel.”Psalm 115 asks for glory for God’s name; Ezekiel denies that God acts for Israel’s sake.
Deuteronomy 7:7The LORD didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;Both speak of God’s love; Deuteronomy addresses his choice of a small people, while the psalm appeals for his glory.
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Encouragement

God’s loving kindness and truth are the grounds of this prayer. Your appeal for his glory rests on who he is, even when others question his presence.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).