Psalm 117:1, “O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.”
In this, the shortest chapter of the Bible, the nations/ Gentiles are called to praise the LORD.
“All ye nations”, that includes the Gentile world. Nearly 2000 years ago Jesus gave the Great Commission to believers for the time between the rejection of the Him and His Second Coming, Matthew 28:19, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”
Romans 15:9, “And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.”
Psalm 117:2, “For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth endlessly. Praise ye the LORD.”
Jesus fulfilled the promises given to Israel before His incarnation proving that He was/ is from the foundation of time. We Gentiles are grafted in, so we glorify God for His mercy."
Psalm 118:1, “O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth forever.” This continues for the net few verses. Let Israel, the house of Aaron and all that fear the Lord now say, that his mercy endureth forever.
“Never failing streams of mercy flow from our God. The more our hearts are impressed with the sense of His goodness, the more we are bound to praise Him and the more our hearts will be enlarged in all manner of obedience.”
[Summarized Bible K.L. Brooks]
Good words to live by, Psalm 118:8-9, “8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.”
Psalm 118:11, “They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.” A foretelling of the return of Jesus as the Lion of Judah.
Psalm 118:18, “The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.”
Because He Lives by Kristin Chenoweth
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is gone
Because I know He holds the future
And life is worth the living, just because He lives
Psalm 118:22, “The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.”
“Jesus Christ is the tried stone, elect, precious, which God Himself appointed. While the Jews could not see the excellence in Him that they should build upon Him, in raising Him from the dead God made Him the headstone of the corner, the foundation of the church. To the rejector He is now a stumbling stone. At His second coming He is the stone cut out without hands which is to fall upon and crush the unbelieving nations.”
[Summarized Bible K.L. Brooks]
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