Psalms 117:1

“Praise YHWH, all nations; extol him, all peoples.”
Psalms 117:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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PraiseהַלְלוּYHWH,יְהוָהallכָּלnations;גּוֹיִםextol him,שַׁבְּחוּהוּallכָּלpeoples.הָאֻמִּים

Quotation · Romans 15:11

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Paul quotes Psalm 117:1, which calls all the nations to praise.

Formula: καὶ πάλιν “and again” (Romans 15:11)

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ πάλιν Αἰνεῖτε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὸν κύριον καὶ ἐπαινεσάτωσαν αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ λαοί

Hebrew (Masoretic text): הַלְלוּ אֶת יְהוָה כָּל גּוֹיִם שַׁבְּחוּהוּ כָּל הָאֻמִּים

Septuagint (Psalms 116:1 in the Septuagint numbering): Αἰνεῖτε τὸν κύριον, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, αἰνεσάτωσαν αὐτὸυ πάντες οἱ λαοί

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Psalms 117:1, word by word

Praiseהַלְלוּhallu

praise

To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.

Where else “hallu” appears

YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears

nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears

extol himשַׁבְּחוּshabchu

praise

To say aloud how great and good someone is, giving him honor.

Where else “shabchu” appears

peoplesאֻמִּיםumim

people, tribe

People, tribe, nation.

Where else “umim” appears

Translation note

The apostle Paul quotes this verse in Romans 15:11.

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Quotation · Romans 15:11

Paul quotes Psalm 117:1, which calls all the nations to praise.

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Psalms 117:1

¹Praise YHWH, all nations; extol him, all peoples.

Romans 15:11

¹¹And again: Praise the Lord, all the nations, and let all the peoples praise him.

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2For his loyal love is strong over us, and the truth of YHWH is forever. Praise Yah.

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