Chapter Text
117:1 All nations, praise ye the Lord: all ye people, praise him.
117:2 For his louing kindnes is great toward vs, and the trueth of the Lord endureth for euer. Praise yee the Lord.
Psalms 117 (GNV)
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "nations", "praise", "lord", "people", "louing", "kindnes", and "great". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nations" and "praise", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "nations" and "praise" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "nations" and "praise" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.