(KJV) Psalm 1171

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⥃Extol Him, All You Peoples 2

[1] O praise3 the Lord, all ye nations: praise him4, all ye people. [2] For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord [endureth] for ever. Praise ye the Lord. 5

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  1. This Psalm, the shortest in the whole collection, is written as a part of the preceding in thirty-two manuscripts. It celebrates the deliverance from the Babylonian captivity, the grand type of the redemption of the world by the Messiah. ↩

  2. Ps 117:1, An exhortation to praise God for his mercy and truth. ↩

  3. Ps 66:1, Ps 66:4, Ps 67:3, Ps 86:9; Isa 24:15-16, Isa 42:10-12; Rom 15:11; Rev 15:4 ↩

  4. Ps 148:11-14, Ps 150:6; Rev 5:9, Rev 7:9-10 ↩

  5. Ps 85:10, Ps 89:1, Ps 100:4-5; Isa 25:1; Mic 7:20; Luke 1:54-55; John 14:6; Rom 15:8-9; 1John 5:6 ↩