Psalms 117:1
Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
In Context
2For mighty is his kindness over us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Hallelujah.
Cross References
Psalms 66:4All the lands shall bow themselves down unto thee, and shall sing praises unto thee; they shall sing praises to thy name. Selah.
Psalms 86:9All the nations whom thou hast made shall come and bow themselves down before thee, O Lord; and they shall ascribe honor unto thy name.
Psalms 150:6Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah.
Isaiah 42:10Sing unto the Lord a new song, his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that filleth it; the isles, and their inhabitants.
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 →