Psalms 117:1
Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 66:4All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah
Psalms 86:9All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
Psalms 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
Isaiah 42:10Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased us for God from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Revelation 15:4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
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 →