Question: What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?
Answer: Psalm 117.
Comments: Psalm 117, a psalm of praise, is the shortest chapter in the Bible. it is comprised of only two verses. It is the last in a series of eleven psalms (107 - 117) which constitute a whole. (Psalms 135-145 is another group of 11). The Hebrew text contains only 15 words.
Praise the LORD, all nations;
Laud Him, all peoples!
For His lovingkindness is great toward us,
And the truth of the LORD is everlasting.
Praise the LORD! (Psalm 117, NASB)
In his book on the Psalms, The Treasury of David, Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) writes of this psalm, "This Psalm, which is very little in its letter, is exceedingly large in its spirit; for, bursting beyond all bounds of race or nationality, it calls upon all mankind to praise the name of the Lord."
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