Psalm 117

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1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

1 An exhortation to praise God for his mercy and truth

This Psalm, the shortest in the whole collection, is written as a part of the preceding in thirty-two MSS.: it celebrates the deliverance from the Babylonian captivity, the grand type of the redemption of the world by the Messiah.

O praise Ps 66:1,4 67:3 86:9 Isa 24:15,16 42:10-12 Ro 15:11 Re 15:4

praise him Ps 148:11-14 150:6 Re 5:9 7:9,10

2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.

Ps 85:10 89:1 100:4,5 Isa 25:1 Mic 7:20 Lu 1:54,55 Joh 14:6 Ro 15:8,9 1Jo 5:6