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Psalm 117[a]

117 Praise the Lord, all you nations.
Applaud him, all you foreigners.[b]
For his loyal love towers[c] over us,
and the Lord’s faithfulness endures.
Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 117:1 sn Psalm 117. The psalmist tells the nations to praise the Lord for his loyal love and faithfulness.
  2. Psalm 117:1 tn Or “peoples” (see Ps 108:3).
  3. Psalm 117:2 tn For this sense of the Hebrew verb גָּבַר (gavar), see Ps 103:11 and L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 17, 19.

A Call to Praise the Lord

117 Praise the Lord, all you nations!
    Exalt him, all you peoples!
For great is his gracious love toward us,
    and the Lord’s faithfulness is eternal.

Hallelujah!