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Psalms 117:1
1Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.
Psalms 117:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
- 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!
- New Living Translation (NLT)Praise the Lord, all you nations. Praise him, all you people of the earth.
Context of Psalms 117:1
Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. 2For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. 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 66:1Shout for joy to God, all the earth!
- Psalms 67:3May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.
- Psalms 86:9All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord; they will bring glory to your name.
- Isaiah 24:15Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord; exalt the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
- Isaiah 42:10Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who live in them.
- Romans 15:11And again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol him.”
- Revelation 15:4Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Psalms 148:11kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth,
- Psalms 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
- Revelation 7:9After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were 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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