Psalms 117:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let all the nations give praise to the Lord: let all the people give him praise.

📖 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, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,
• Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands, 10 Saying with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear.
• Ps 66:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm.> Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:
• Ps 66:4 : 4 Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.)
• Ps 67:3 : 3 Let the peoples give you praise, O God; let all the peoples give you praise.
• Ps 86:9 : 9 Let all the nations whom you have made come and give worship to you, O Lord, giving glory to your name.
• Ps 148:11-14 : 11 Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth: 12 Young men and virgins; old men and children: 13 Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven. 14 He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised.
• Ps 150:6 : 6 Let everything which has breath give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised.
• Isa 24:15-16 : 15 Give praise to the Lord in the east, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the sea-lands. 16 From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.
• Isa 42:10-12 : 10 Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people. 11 Let the waste land and its flocks be glad, the tent-circles of Kedar; let the people of the rock give a glad cry, from the top of the mountains let them make a sound of joy. 12 Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands.