In Psalms, chapter hundred and seventeen, the scripture Romans fifteen, verse eleven, proves that the Old Testament anticipated God’s offer of salvation to people of all nations, as in Psalms sixty-seven. “And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud Him, all ye people.”
The title “All ye nations” is “all you people.” The title could refer to the community, the population, the public, or society. God is addressing all the countries, leaders, families, and everyone in general. “Laud” means to praise. Psalms sixty-seven of the Old Testament relates to the scripture of Romans fifteen, verse eleven.
“God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us, Selah. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: For thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase, and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.”
Nations that acknowledge God and praise Him can receive victory over their situation. Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, praised His way to triumph over Moab and Amnon in Second Chronicles twenty, verses one through thirty. The fall of Jericho in Joshua six, verses one to twenty-seven, Paul and Silas’ freedom from prison in Acts sixteen, verses twenty-five through thirty-four, and David’s victory over Goliath in First Samuel seventeen, versse one through fifty-four. Then there is Hezekiah and the defeat of the Assyrians as in Second Kings nineteen, verses fourteen to thirty-seven, Miriam’s song after the Red Sea crossing in Exodus fifteen, verses one through twenty-one, and Hannah’s praise before Samuel’s birth in First Samuel one, verses nine to twenty. Jonah’s deliverance from the fish in Jonah two, verses one through ten, the Levites leading worship into battle in Second Chronicles twenty, verses twenty-one to twenty-two, and the early church’s boldness after prayer and praise in Acts four, verses twenty-three through thirty-one.
When people receive praise from those they admire or chant someone’s name during a performance, they respond with this energy as though they can do anything. How about expressing the same and even more to the one who made everything?