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Opening Prayer
Father, thank you for your love, grace, and merciful kindness. We praise you because you are true, righteous, and altogether good. Bless and care for us this day. In Jesus' name, amen.
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Scripture Passage
Psalm 117
Let All Peoples Praise the Lord
1 Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples!
2 For His merciful kindness is great toward us,
And the truth of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord!
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Ps 117.
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
The shortest psalm calls every nation and people—not only Israel—to praise the Lord. His covenant lovingkindness is great toward his people, and his enduring truth and faithfulness give the whole earth reason to extol him forever.
B — Best Verse
A Verse That Summarizes the Passage
Psalm 117:1-2
Distilled from the devotional exposition; the speaker did not explicitly name a best verse.
Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles. Loud him, all you peoples. For his merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord.
The transcript has no Best Verse selection, and the complete psalm is only two verses. Together they form one concise call for every nation to praise the Lord because of his great mercy and everlasting truth.
C — Called or Christ
C — Called to Do
Join all nations in praising the Lord. Extol him today for his lovingkindness, mercy, goodness, righteousness, and truth that endures forever.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
I got a joke! You got a joke? Okay, last joke. Knock, knock. Who's there? Daddy Daniel. Daddy Daniel who? Daddy Daniel. You're silly. Well, good morning. Oh, you guys can't see half the people here. Here we go. Good morning and welcome to Coffee and Devotions. This is where every day we get together, we get into God's Word, and we grow in our love for the Lord together. And in this year, 2021, we'll make it through all of the wisdom literature. Well, guys, we are at the shortest psalm in the Bible. Okay, so psalm, seriously, it's only like two verses.
Ready? You guys want to read it together? Here we go. Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles. Loud him, all you peoples. For his merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord. What do you guys think this is talking about? Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, okay. Who should praise the Lord? All of us. All of us? All you Gentiles. Do you know what Gentiles means? People who aren't even Jewish. All the nations. Not just Jewish people, all people. All right, loud him all you peoples.
Why? Why should we praise the Lord? What does it say in verse 2? For his merciful kindness is great to us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord. So why should we praise him? He's what to us? Merciful. He's merciful and he's kind. He's great to us. Yeah, he's great. So merciful kindness there is the word chesed. His loving kindness, his grace towards us is great. And the truth of the Lord endures forever. You guys want to sing this one in English? Okay, let's see. I bet you guys just know it from heart. We didn't drink our tea. Oh, we didn't drink our tea. That's right. Here we go. Okay, you guys ready?
Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. All you nations extol Him. Extol Him. All you peoples, for great is His love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. You guys want to do it in Hebrew? Yeah, ready? Hallelu, hallelu, et Adonai, kol goyim, shebach u'hu, kol ha'omayim, Well, thanks for praising the Lord with me today. You guys ready to pray?
Father, we thank you so much for your love and your grace. We thank you for your merciful kindness to us and we praise you for you are true and righteous and good altogether. Father, we pray that you would bless us and care for us this day. In Jesus' name, amen. Well, may you, all the nations of the earth, praise God today for his loving kindness, his mercy, and his goodness, and his truth endures forever. You guys wanna say goodbye? Bye! Bye. Bye, bye, bye, bye. See you tomorrow.