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Psalms 117:1
1Praise the Lord, all you nations. Praise him, all you people of the earth.
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 earth. 2For his unfailing love for us is powerful; the Lord’s faithfulness 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
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Cross-references for Psalms 117:1
- Psalms 66:1Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth!
- Psalms 67:3May the nations praise you, O God. Yes, may all the nations praise you.
- Psalms 86:9All the nations you made will come and bow before you, Lord; they will praise your holy name.
- Isaiah 24:15In eastern lands, give glory to the Lord. In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 42:10Sing a new song to the Lord! Sing his praises from the ends of the earth! Sing, all you who sail the seas, all you who live in distant coastlands.
- Romans 15:11And yet again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles. Praise him, all you people of the earth.”
- Revelation 15:4Who will not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed.”
- Psalms 148:11kings of the earth and all people, rulers and judges of the earth,
- Psalms 150:6Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! Praise the Lord!
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song with these words: “You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
- Revelation 7:9After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held 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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