Psalms 117

Psalms 117:1

An EasyEnglish Translation with Notes (about 1200 word vocabulary) on Psalms 107 to 150

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The Shortest Psalm Psalms 117 The Fifth Egyptian Hallel Jesus said, “I have other sheep. They do not live at this farm. I must fetch them also and they will hear my voice. Then there will be one farm and one sheep-farmer” (John 10:16). Psalms 117 v1      Every country in the world, *praise the *LORD!      All the people (in the world), *praise him!

v2      His kind love for us is very strong.      And he will always do what he has promised.      *Praise the *LORD The Story of Psalm 117 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.

Read the notes in Psalms 113 in this set of psalms. They will tell you about Egyptian hallels. What Psalms 117 means 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! Something to do

1.  Pray that your friends and family will start to *praise the *LORD.

2.  If you have a Bible, read Romans 15:11. There Paul repeats Psalms 117:1.

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This publication is written in EasyEnglish Level A (1200 words).

December 2002

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