Psalms 117:2
כִּי גָבַר עָלֵינוּ ׀ חַסְדּוֹ וֶֽאֱמֶת ־ יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם הַֽלְלוּ ־ יָֽהּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
In Context
1הַֽלְלוּ אֶת ־ יְהוָה כָּל ־ גּוֹיִם שַׁבְּחוּהוּ כָּל ־ הָאֻמִּֽים ׃
Cross References
Psalms 89:1מַשְׂכִּיל לְאֵיתָן הָֽאֶזְרָחִֽי ׃
Psalms 103:11כִּי כִגְבֹהַּ שָׁמַיִם עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ גָּבַר חַסְדּוֹ עַל ־ יְרֵאָֽיו ׃
Isaiah 25:1יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי אַתָּה אֲרֽוֹמִמְךָ אוֹדֶה שִׁמְךָ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ פֶּלֶא עֵצוֹת מֵֽרָחוֹק אֱמוּנָה אֹֽמֶן ׃
Matthew Henry on Psalms 117:2
All Nations Admonished to Praise God. 1 O praise the Lord , all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord . There is a great deal of gospel in this psalm. The apostle has furnished us with a key to it ( Rom. xv. 11 ), where he quotes it as a proof that the gospel was to be preached to, and would be entertained by, the Gentile nations, which yet was so great a stumbling-block to the Jews. Why should that… Read the whole commentary →