Psalms 117:2

“For his merciful kindness is great towards us, etc.] Not us Israelites only, of whom David was, but Gentiles also; or otherwise there would be no force in the reason why all people and nations should praise the Lord: but it respects the time when these should become one people, partaking of the same grace, blessings, promises, and privileges; in which the grace, mercy, and lovingkindness of God, greatly appeared; “it prevailed over us” f1618, as it may be rendered: the word is used of the prevailing of the waters of the flood over the earth, (<010718>Genesis 7:18); and so may denote the exuberance of the grace of God, of the abounding and superabounding of it. There is an abundance of it in…”

“For his merciful kindness is great toward us - His kindness; his compassion; his love. All nations - all people - may say this, and therefore the psalm is adapted to universal praise. Especially may this be said in view of the love of God to mankind in the gift of a Saviour - a Saviour not for any one people especially or exclusively, but for the world, John 3:16. And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever - All that God has said: his declarations; his promises; his assurances of mercy. They are the same in all lands where they are made known, and they are the same in all ages of the world. Truth is a representation of things as they are; and truth, therefore, must be ever the same. What…”

“Psa 85:10, Psa 89:1, Psa 100:4, Psa 100:5; Isa 25:1; Mic 7:20; Luk 1:54, Luk 1:55; Joh 14:6; Rom 15:8, Rom 15:9; Jo1 5:6 Next: Psalms Chapter 118”