Psalms 117:1

American Standard Version (1901)

O praise Jehovah, all ye nations; Laud him, all ye peoples.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַֽלְל֣וּ אֶת־יְ֭הוָה כָּל־גּוֹיִ֑ם שַׁ֝בְּח֗וּהוּ כָּל־הָאֻמִּֽים׃

Transliteration

Hallelû ʾet-YHWH all-gôyîm; šabbəḥûhû all-hāʾummîm.

Grammar Details

• *Hallelû*: Piel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - praise/glorify
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *kāl*: construct state - all of
• *gôyîm*: common noun, masculine plural - nations/peoples/gentiles
• *šabbəḥûhû*: Piel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - praise him
• *hāʾummîm*: definite common noun, masculine plural - peoples/nations/tribes

Word Meanings

• *Hallelû*: praise/glorify/celebrate
• *gôyîm*: nations/gentiles/peoples
• *šabbəḥûhû*: praise him/laud him/extol him
• *hāʾummîm*: peoples/nations/tribes/ethnic groups

Referenced Verses

• Rom 15:11 : 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; And let all the peoples praise him.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
• Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of [all] tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 and they cry with a great voice, saying, Salvation unto our God who sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.
• Ps 66:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Song, a Psalm]. Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth:
• Ps 66:4 : 4 All the earth shall worship thee, And shall sing unto thee; They shall sing to thy name. {{Selah
• Ps 67:3 : 3 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee.
• Ps 86:9 : 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify thy name.
• Ps 148:11-14 : 11 Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth; 12 Both young men and virgins; Old men and children: 13 Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For his name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and the heavens. 14 And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, The praise of all his saints; Even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye Jehovah.
• Ps 150:6 : 6 Let everything that hath breath praise Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah.
• Isa 24:15-16 : 15 Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea. 16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
• Isa 42:10-12 : 10 Sing unto Jehovah a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. 12 Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.