Psalms 117:1
Praise the LORD, all ye nations! Praise him, all ye people!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 66:4Let all the earth worship thee; Let it sing praise to thee, let it sing praise to thy name! [[Pause.]]
Psalms 86:9All the nations which thou hast made must come and worship before thee, O Lord! And glorify thy name!
Psalms 150:6Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD! Praise ye the LORD!
Isaiah 42:10Sing to Jehovah a new song; His praise to the ends of the earth; Ye that go down upon the sea, and all that fill it; Ye distant coasts, and ye that dwell therein!
Revelation 5:9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed to God by thy blood men out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
Revelation 15:4who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and worship before thee, because thy judgments are made 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 →