Wellspring

The Word, in context

Psalms 117

World English Bible · public domain · whole chapter

¹Praise Yahweh, all you nations!

²For his loving kindness is great toward us.

¹Praise Yahweh, all you nations!

²For his loving kindness is great toward us.

¹Praise Yahweh, all you nations!

²For his loving kindness is great toward us.

In context

Psalms 117 is read as a whole chapter — not a single verse pulled free of what surrounds it.

Immediately before

¹⁵Precious in Yahweh’s sight is the death of his saints.

¹⁶Yahweh, truly I am your servant.

¹⁷I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

¹⁸I will pay my vows to Yahweh,

¹⁹in the courts of Yahweh’s house,

Immediately after

¹Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,

²Let Israel now say

³Let the house of Aaron now say

⁴Now let those who fear Yahweh say

⁵Out of my distress, I called on Yah.

How this book begins

¹Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked,

²but his delight is in Yahweh’s1:2 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. law.

³He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water,

⁴The wicked are not so,

⁵Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,

⁶For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous,