Psalms 117:1
Praise Jehovah, all ye nations, Glorify Him, all ye peoples.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
In Context
2For mighty to us hath been His kindness, And the truth of Jehovah [is] to the age. Praise ye Jah!
Cross References
Psalms 66:4All the earth do bow to Thee, They sing praise to Thee, they praise Thy name.' Selah.
Psalms 86:9All nations that Thou hast made Come and bow themselves before Thee, O Lord, And give honour to Thy name.
Psalms 150:6All that doth breathe doth praise Jah! Praise ye Jah!
Isaiah 42:10Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise from the end of the earth, Ye who are going down to the sea, and its fulness, Isles, and their inhabitants.
Revelation 5:9and they sing a new song, saying, 'Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
Revelation 15:4who may not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou alone [art] kind, because all the nations shall come and bow before Thee, because Thy righteous acts were manifested.'
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 →