Seventh-day Adventist Bible CommentaryPsalms 117
Francis D. Nichol (ed.) and contributors
Read Psalms 117 in the BiblePsalms 117:2
Merciful kindness. Heb. chesed, “divine love” (see Additional Note on Ps. 36). Is great. Heb. gabar, “to excel.” Truth. Heb. ’emeth, a word denoting “firmness,” “trustworthiness,” “stability,” “faithfulness,” as well as “truth.” These attributes of God are as eternal as God Himself.
In the midst of human instability and insecurity the child of God may rest securely in God’s love. Praise ye the Lord. The psalm concludes with another “hallelujah.”
Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary — Francis D. Nichol (ed.) and contributors. Review and Herald Publishing Association · all rights reserved
Psalms 117:1
All ye people. No tribe or nation is omitted in the glorious invitation to praise the Lord. Paul quotes the words of this verse, showing that in Christ God’s mercy has been extended to the Gentiles as well as to the Jews (Rom. 15:11).