God’s Word Translation
Psalms 117:1
1Praise the Lord, all you nations! Praise him, all you people of the world!
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
Praise the Lord, all you nations! Praise him, all you people of the world! 2His mercy toward us is powerful. The Lord’s faithfulness endures forever. Hallelujah!
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 66:1Shout happily to God, all the earth!
- Psalms 67:3Let everyone give thanks to you, O God. Let everyone give thanks to you.
- Psalms 86:9All the nations that you have made will bow in your presence, O Lord. They will honor you.
- Isaiah 24:15Honor the Lord in the east. Honor the name of the Lord God of Israel along the coastlands.
- Isaiah 42:10Sing a new song to the Lord. Sing his praise from the ends of the earth, you people who sail on the seas and all the creatures that live in them, you coastlands and all who live on them.
- Romans 15:11And again, “Praise the Lord, all you nations! Praise him, all you people of the world!”
- Revelation 15:4Lord, who won’t fear and praise your name? You are the only holy one, and all the nations will come to worship you because they know about your fair judgments.”
- Psalms 148:11kings of the earth and all its people, officials and all judges on the earth,
- Psalms 150:6Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Hallelujah!
- Revelation 5:9Then they sang a new song, “You deserve to take the scroll and open the seals on it, because you were slaughtered. You bought people with your blood to be God’s own. They are from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
- Revelation 7:9After these things I saw a large crowd from every nation, tribe, people, and language. No one was able to count how many people there were. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb. They were wearing white robes, holding palm branches 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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