诗篇 117:1-2 CUVS

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 117:1-2

Psalms 117:01 Oh praise the Lord, all ye nations:Praise Him, all ye people.2 For His merciful kindness is great toward us:And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever.Praise ye the Lord.EXEGETICAL AND CRITICALContents and Composition.—This Psalm, which occupies exactly the middle place in the Holy Scriptures, is the shortest, as far as words are concerned, but is highly important in its Messianic meaning. It contains the lyrical expression of the consciousness of the Old Testament... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 117:1-2

Praise Him for All His Benefits Psalms 116:12-19 ; Psalms 117:1-2 The psalmist dwells joyfully on his enslavement to God, because in and through it he had found perfect liberty. Thou hast loosed my bonds . They who become enslaved to Christ are set free from all other restraints. See John 8:31-36 . Do not forget to pay your vows! In trouble we make promises, which, when the trouble has passed, we find it convenient to forget. See Genesis 40:23 . Psalms 117:1-2 is the shortest chapter in... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 117:1-2

The fifth song of the Hallel is the shortest in the Psalter. In it in a very deep sense, is fulfilled the saying so common that “Brevity is the soul of wit.” It lives indeed with the wisdom of perfect realisation. It is the pure song of the people of Jehovah. It is the song of Israel, the ideal servant of Jehovah. It is addressed to all peoples. They are called upon to praise and laud Jehovah because His truth endureth for ever. In the long process of the centuries Israel never fully realised... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 117:1

THE CRY OF FAITH AND JOY‘I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.’Psalms 117:1We shall never, I suppose, know from whose lips and hearts this cry of faith and joy first sprang. One thing is clear—there has been a great danger threatening the very life of a man or a nation. There has been more than danger—there has been the very presence of death; but the hour of suspense has now passed, and the man or the nation survives. Doubt has gone, certainty takes its place, and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 117:1-2

CXVII. All nations are invited to worship Yahweh, who has revealed His power and faithfulness to Israel. The Ps. is Messianic in the general sense that it contemplates the union of all nations in the sole worship of the one and only God. On account of its brevity, but with no solid reason, many MSS combine this with the preceding or following Ps. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 117:1

Acknowledge the true God, and serve him only, and cast away all your idols. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 117:2

Toward us; either, 1. Towards us Jews, to whom he hath given those peculiar privileges which he hath denied to all other nations. But this may seem an improper argument to move the Gentiles to praise God for his mercies to others from which they were excluded. Or, 2. Towards all of us, all the children of Abraham, whether carnal or spiritual, who were to be incorporated together, and made one body and one fold by and under the Messias, John 10:16; Ephesians 2:14, which mystery seems to be... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 117:1-2

INTRODUCTION1. Authorship, &c., unknown. 2. Probably a liturgical introduction to, or dismissal from, a service, either by separate choirs or the whole people. 3. “The lyrical expression of the consciousness of the Old Testament Church, that it was the object of the special and everlasting care of God; that the former proceeded from His mercy, the latter from His truth; and that for this very reason Jehovah is the worthy object of praise for all peoples.”—Moll. “In Romans 15:11, the Apostle... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 117:1-2

DISCOURSE: 693THE GENTILES CALLED TO PRAISE GODPsalms 117:0. O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.THIS is the shortest of all the Psalms: but it is by no means the least interesting: the energy with which it is expressed abundantly marks the importance of the truths contained in it, and the feelings with which it should be read by us. The same sentiments are... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 117:1-2

Beginning with Psalms 113:1-9 , you have what are known as the Hallel psalms, meaning the psalms of praise. Hallel meaning praise in Hebrew, and hallelujah, the hallelujah praise to Yahweh. So these are the psalms of praise, 113 through 118. And they are the songs that were traditionally sung at their holidays or at the feast days. The Feast of Passover, the Feast of Tabernacles, and the Feast of Pentecost, there were traditional psalms that were sung for each of these feasts. And so as we get... read more