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Psalms 117:1 — King James Version← Study notes

O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.


Psalms 117:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 117:18 words
HebrewMeaning
הַֽלְל֣וּhaləlw
praiseverbH1984
celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כָּלkāl
O allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
גּוֹיִ֑םgwōyim
nationsnounH1471
heathen · nation · people
שַׁ֝בְּח֗וּ/הוּšabəḥwhw
extol himverbH7623
glory · keep in · praise · still ···
כָּלkāl
O allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/אֻמִּֽיםhāʾumiym
the peoplesparticleH523
people
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 117:1

1. “O praise the Lord, all you heathen: praise Him, all you nations” Psalm 116:1. These are the courts of the Lord's house, this all His people, this the true Jerusalem. Let those rather listen who have refused to be the children of this city, since they have cut themselves off from the communion of all nations. “For His merciful kindness is ever more and more towards us: and the truth of the Lord endures for ever” Psalm 116:2. These are those two things, loving-kindness and…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 117
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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