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Background
Psalm 117 is in the Deuteronomy Book of the Psalms (Psalms 107-150). These 44 Psalms, like the Book of Deuteronomy in the Old Testament, show God’s Word as the source of salvation, deliverance, and healing. This would be fully carried out in the life of the coming Messiah, the living Word, Jesus Christ. Psalm 117 (the shortest Psalm) declares that the Lord is to be praised by all nations for His loving kindness, grace, and truth. God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to be a savior not only to Israel, but to all the nations.
I was raised in the Roman Catholic church. Within that church, we had local churches called parishes within a diocese. I was very involved, and the same basic families in our local community were a part of my church upbringing.
The Gospel of Matthew shows Jesus as the Messiah, the great King. It begins with John the Baptist preparing the way for him, his baptism with holy spirit, his temptation in the wilderness, and then shows him declaring his kingdom in 4:12—7:29. Much of this declaration is in what is called the “Sermon on the Mount.”