Psalms 117:1
Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
In Context
2Let now the house of Israel say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.
Cross References
Psalms 66:4Let the nations, O God, give thanks to thee; let all the nations give thanks to thee.
Psalms 150:6Let every thing that has breath praise the Lord.
Isaiah 42:10Sing a new hymn to the Lord: ye who are his dominion, glorify his name from the end of the earth: ye that go down to the sea, and sail upon it; the islands, and they that dwell in them.
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 →