Psalms 117:1
O PRAISE the LORD, all ye nations; laud him, all ye peoples.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
In Context
2For his mercy is great toward us; and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
Cross References
Psalms 66:4All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah
Psalms 86:9All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and they shall glorify thy name.
Psalms 150:6Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Isaiah 42:10Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
Revelation 5:9And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men 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 the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been 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 →