Psalms 117:1
O praise the LORD, all ye nations; laud Him, all ye peoples.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
In Context
2For His mercy is great toward us; and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Hallelujah.
Cross References
Psalms 66:4All the earth shall worship Thee, and shall sing praises unto Thee; they shall sing praises to Thy name.' Selah
Psalms 86:9All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and prostrate themselves before Thee, O Lord; and they shall glorify Thy name.
Psalms 150:6Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Hallelujah.
Isaiah 42:10Sing unto the LORD a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
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 →