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Psalms 117:1
1All you nations in the world, praise the Lord! People from every place, praise him!
Psalms 117:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
- New International Version (NIV)Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples!
Context of Psalms 117:1
All you nations in the world, praise the Lord! People from every place, praise him! 2The Lord's faithful love for us is very strong. He will always do what he has promised. Praise the Lord!
Read all of Psalms 117Psalms 117:1 word by word
הַֽלְל֣וּ אֶת־יְ֭הוָה כָּל־גּוֹיִ֑ם שַׁ֝בְּח֗וּהוּ כָּל־הָאֻמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 117:1
- Psalms 66:1Everyone on earth, shout aloud to praise God, because you are very happy.
- Psalms 67:3May people everywhere praise you, God. Yes, may they all praise you!
- Psalms 86:9You have made all the nations of the world, and they will all come to worship you, my Lord. They will agree that your name is great.
- Isaiah 24:15So people who live in the east should praise the Lord too. People who live on the coast of the sea will also praise the name of the Lord, Israel's God.
- Isaiah 42:10Sing a new song to the Lord! All over the earth, people should praise him. Praise him, you people who travel over the sea and everything that lives in the sea. Praise him, you people who live in lands far away.
- Romans 15:11It also says this: ‘Say how great the Lord is, all you Gentiles. All people, from every country, should say how great he is.’
- Revelation 15:4Everyone will respect and obey you, Lord. They will say how great your name is, because only you are completely good. People from every nation have seen what you do. You always do what is right. So all people will come and stand in front of you, and they will worship you.’
- Psalms 148:11Praise him, kings all over the world, and people of every nation. Praise him, princes and all rulers on earth.
- Psalms 150:6Everything that is alive should praise the Lord. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
- Revelation 5:9The beings that are alive and the leaders sang a new song. They sang: ‘You are so good! You are good enough to take the book. You can break its seals and open it. You can do this because they killed you. When you died, you bought people for God with your blood. You bought them from every tribe, from every language and every nation.
- Revelation 7:9After this, I looked again. I saw a very big crowd of people. There were so many people that nobody could count them. They came from every nation, from every tribe and from every language. They were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing long white clothes and they held branches of palm trees in their hands.
Commentaries on Psalms 117:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1O praise the Lord, all ye nations - Let all the Gentiles praise him, for he provides for their eternal salvation. Praise him, all ye people - All ye Jews, praise him; for ye have long been his peculiar people. And while he sends his Son to be a light to the Gentiles, he sends him also to be the glory of his people Israel.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1O praise the Lord, all ye nations - The idea is that God has a claim to universal worship, and that all the nations of the earth are under obligations to adore him as the true God. He is not the God of the Hebrew people only, but of all people; his praise should be celebrated not merely by one nation, but by all. This is one of the passages in the Old Testament, anticipating what is more fully disclosed in the New Testament, in which the sacred writer…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1All people called upon to praise God. --Here is a solemn call to all nations to praise the Lord, and proper matter for that praise is suggested. We are soon weary of well-doing, if we keep not up the pious and devout affections with which the spiritual sacrifice of praise ought to be kindled and kept burning. This is a gospel psalm. The apostle, Ro 15:11, quotes it as a proof that the gospel was to be preached to the Gentile nations, and that it would be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Paul quotes this verse to show that Gentiles would eventually praise the God of Israel (Romans 15:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 117
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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