Psalms 117:1
Praise Yahweh, all ye nations, Laud him, all ye tribes of men;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, shall bow themselves down to thee, And sing praises unto thee,. Shall praise in song thy Name. [Selah.]
Psalms 86:9All nations whom thou hast made, Shall come in and bow down before thee, O My Lord, That they may glorify thy Name.
Psalms 150:6Let, every breathing thing, praise Yah, Praise ye Yah!
Isaiah 42:10Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, His praise, from the end of the earth,—Ye that go down to the sea, and the fulness thereof, The Coastlands and ye who dwell therein.
Revelation 5:9and they sing a new song, saying—Worthy, art thou, to take the scroll and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem unto God by thy blood [men] out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
Revelation 15:4Who shall in anywise not be put in fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name,—because, alone, full of lovingkindness; because, all the nations, will have come, and will do homage before thee, because, thy righteous deeds, were 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 →