Ps 115, 4-5. 8 Their idols have mouths but do not speak

(Ps 115, 4-5. 8) Their idols have mouths but do not speak

[4] Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. [5] They have mouths but do not speak, eyes but do not see. [8] Their makers shall be like them, all who trust in them.

(CCC 2112) The first commandment condemns polytheism. It requires man neither to believe in, nor to venerate, other divinities than the one true God. Scripture constantly recalls this rejection of "idols, (of) silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see." These empty idols make their worshippers empty: "Those who make them are like them; so are all who trust in them" (Ps 115:4-5, 8; cf. Isa 44:9-20; Jer 10:1-16; Dan 14:1-30; Bar 6; Wis 13: 1- 15:19). God, however, is the "living God" (Josh 3:10; Ps 42:3; etc.) who gives life and intervenes in history.