117 ^(A)Praise Yahweh, all nations;
Laud Him, all peoples!

¹⁹ O Yahweh, my ^(A)strength and my strong defense,
And my ^(B)refuge in the day of distress,
To You the ^(C)nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but ^(D)lies,
Futility and ^[a](E)things of no profit.”

^2 (A)And many nations will come and say,
“^(B)Come and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
That ^(C)He may instruct us from His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For ^(D)from Zion will go forth the law,
And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
³ And He will ^(E)judge between many peoples
And will render decisions for mighty, ^[a]distant nations.
And they will hammer their swords ^(F)into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
And never again will they learn war.