Psalms 117:2
For great is his mercy to us, and his faith is unchanging for ever. Praise be to the Lord.
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1Let all the nations give praise to the Lord: let all the people give him praise.
Cross References
Psalms 89:1Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.
Psalms 103:11For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.
Isaiah 25:1O Lord, you are my God; I will give praise to you, I will give honour to your name; for you have done great acts of power; your purposes in the past have been made true and certain in effect.
Luke 1:54His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,
Romans 15:8Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 117:2
All Nations Admonished to Praise God. 1 O praise the Lord , all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord . There is a great deal of gospel in this psalm. The apostle has furnished us with a key to it ( Rom. xv. 11 ), where he quotes it as a proof that the gospel was to be preached to, and would be entertained by, the Gentile nations, which yet was so great a stumbling-block to the Jews. Why should that… Read the whole commentary →