seekeroftruth
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Psalm 117:1 Praise the Lord, all you nations;
extol him, all you peoples.
2 For great is his love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
extol him, all you peoples.
2 For great is his love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord.[a]
a. Psalm 117:2 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
Wow.... this is really really short..... I took this from the easy English site.
Some Bible students think that this psalm was to start times of worship in the temple. The temple was God’s house in Jerusalem. We do not know who wrote it. And we do not know when they wrote it.
Verse 1: Usually "praise the LORD" is "hallelujah" in Hebrew. The Jews spoke Hebrew and wrote the psalms in Hebrew. Here they use a different Hebrew word. "Praise" means "tell someone that they are great". "*LORD" is another word for God. It is his covenant name. A covenant is when two people, or groups of people, agree. Here God agrees to love and give help to his people when they need it. His people agree to love and obey God.
But who are "his people"? Here it is not only the Jews. It is all the people in the world, if they will love and obey him!
Verse 2: "Very strong" is a Hebrew word that means "will win the war". God loves everybody in the world and he will try to "win the war" for their love and obedience. "Obedience" is another word for "obeying". "Praise the *LORD" at the end of the verse is "hallelujah" this time!
This is from bible-studys.org.
The shortest of the psalms summons all people to worship the God of Israel, because His “truth” (faithfulness), “endureth forever”. No matter how dire the circumstances, God always keeps His word. Such unwavering faithfulness demands worship.
It's short so I'm going to keep it short..... Praise the Lord.....