Psalms 117:1
O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
In Context
2For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.
Cross References
Psalms 66:4Let all the earth adore thee, and sing to thee: let it sing a psalm to thy name.
Psalms 86:9All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.
Psalms 150:6He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.
Isaiah 42:10Sing ye to the Lora a new song, his praise is from the ends of the earth: you that go down to the sea, and all that are therein: ye islands, and ye inhabitants of them.
Revelation 5:9And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book, and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation.
Revelation 15:4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? For thou only art holy: for all nations shall come, and shall adore in thy sight, because thy judgments are manifest.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 117:1
This psalm is short and sweet; I doubt the reason why we sing it so often as we do is for the shortness of it; but, if we rightly understood and considered it, we should sing it oftener for the sweetness of it, especially to us sinners of the Gentiles, on whom it casts a very favourable eye. Here is, I. A solemn call to all nations to praise God, ver. 1 . II. Proper matter for that praise suggested, ver. 2 . We are soon weary indeed of well-doing if, in singing this psalm, we keep not up those pious and devout… Read the whole commentary →