Psalms 117:1
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.”
הָלַל
To praise, to shine, to boast. Halal. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Exuberant irrepressible praise is the proper response to God.
יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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שָׁבַח
extol/ him
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שָׁבַח
properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)
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גּוֹי
nations
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גּוֹי
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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כֹּל
O all
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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