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Psalm 117:1

Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!

1Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
2For his loving kindness is great toward us. The LORD’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise the LORD!
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Notice

“All you nations” widens the circle of praise beyond familiar voices, addressing every people with the same command to honor YHWH.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Romans 15:11Romans quotes this summons to praise, naming the Gentiles and repeating its reach to all peoples.
Revelation 15:4Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have …The psalm commands all nations to praise the Lord, while Revelation declares that all nations will come and worship him.
Psalm 95:1Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!Both passages summon people to praise the LORD, with Psalm 95 naming singing and shouting as expressions of praise.
Psalm 67:3let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.Both verses repeat the summons for all peoples to praise God, leaving no people outside its scope.
Psalm 66:4All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah.Psalm 117 addresses all nations and peoples; Psalm 66 describes all the earth worshiping God and singing to his name.
Revelation 5:9They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every …Both texts reach across peoples and nations, though Revelation's song names those bought for God through the slain one's blood.
Psalm 108:3I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.Both passages name the nations and peoples as the setting for praise to the LORD.
Revelation 7:9–10After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing …Both texts name peoples and nations, with Revelation describing a multitude from every nation standing before the throne and the Lamb.
Isaiah 24:15–16Therefore glorify the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!Both passages command honor for the LORD across geographic boundaries, with Isaiah naming the east and the islands of the sea.
Isaiah 42:10–12Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.Both passages summon praise to the LORD across the world, with Isaiah naming the sea and the islands' inhabitants.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read both verses aloud, then praise God's faithfulness

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Encouragement

Your voice has a place in this praise, alongside people whose language you may never understand. YHWH deserves honor from every nation; his faithfulness endures forever.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).