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Psalms 117:1
1Praise Adonai, all you nations! Glorify 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.
- 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 Adonai, all you nations! Glorify Him, all you peoples. 2For great is His lovingkindness toward us, and Adonai’s truth endures forever. Halleluyah!
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 66:1For the music director, a song, a psalm. Shout joyfully to God, all the earth!
- Psalms 67:3so that Your way may be known on earth, and Your salvation among all nations.
- Psalms 86:9All nations You have made will come and bow down before You, my Lord, and they will glorify Your Name.
- Isaiah 24:15‘Therefore glorify Adonai in the east, the Name of Adonai, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
- Isaiah 42:10Sing to Adonai a new song, His praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea with all its fullness, islands and their inhabitants.
- Romans 15:11And again, “Praise Adonai all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise Him.”
- Revelation 15:4Who shall not fear and glorify Your name, O Lord? For You alone are Holy. All the nations shall come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed!”
- Psalms 148:11kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of earth,
- Psalms 150:6Let every thing that has breath praise Adonai. Halleluyah!
- Revelation 5:9And they are singing a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals. For You were slain, and by Your blood You redeemed for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- Revelation 7:9After these things I looked, and behold, a vast multitude that no one could count—from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues—was standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes, with 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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