View source for Psalm 67

=Overview=
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 |Chapter=67
 |Memorable Icon=Psalm 067 - icon.jpg
 |Memorable Phrase=Praise from the whole earth
 |Purpose=To ask God to bring the nations to himself by blessing Israel.
 |Content=Bless us, God, so the nations will know you and all the nations (including Israel) will worship you.
 |Message=As God blesses us in ways like giving us a good harvest, the other nations will come to  know him and worship him. 
 |Author=Anonymous
 |Background Ideas=<ul><li>People everywhere experience that they cannot completely protect or provide for themselves (including making rain fall or crops grow); they are ultimately dependent on divine intervention.
</li><li>God promised Abraham that he would bless him and bless the families of the earth through him (Genesis 12:1-3); Abraham's descendants became the nation of Israel. Blessings covered many aspects of life (Deuteronomy 28), including the production of crops, which would provide food for people and their animals.
</li><li>Israel was commanded to bring their firstfruits of harvest to YHWH (Leviticus 23:9-14; Exodus 34:22). There they would encounter both the priests of YHWH, who would give his blessing (Numbers 6:22-27), and music (1 Chronicles 16 and 25).
</li><li>Israel was surrounded by nations that did not know YHWH, but they knew that others would be drawn to him when they heard about his care for Israel (e.g., Joshua 4:24; 1 Kings 8:41-43; 1 Kings 10; Psalm 102:16).
</li><ul>
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=Translation=
Click 'Expand' to the right to see our Close-but-Clear translation of Psalm 67.
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:1. For the music director. With stringed instruments. A psalm, a song.

:2. May God be gracious to us and may he bless us.
:May he shine his face toward us — ''Selah''.

:3. — in order to understand your way on earth,
:your salvation among all nations.

:4. Let the peoples praise you, God,
:let the peoples praise you, all of them.

:5. Let the nations shout joyfully,
:because you rule the peoples fairly,
:and the nations you guide on the earth. ''Selah''.

:6. Let the peoples praise you, God,
:let the peoples praise you, all of them.

:7. The earth has yielded its produce.
:May God, our God, bless us.

:8. May God bless us
:so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.

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For links to other translations of Psalm 67, click [https://psalms.scriptura.org/w/Psalm_67_Translations here].
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=Verse-by-Verse=
Click the link to view all of [[Psalm 67 Verse-by-Verse]], or click on an individual verse below.
* [https://psalms.scriptura.org/w/Psalm_67_Verse-by-Verse#v._1 v. 1]
* [https://psalms.scriptura.org/w/Psalm_67_Verse-by-Verse#vv._2-3 vv. 2-3]
* [https://psalms.scriptura.org/w/Psalm_67_Verse-by-Verse#v._4 v. 4]
* [https://psalms.scriptura.org/w/Psalm_67_Verse-by-Verse#v._5 v. 5]
* [https://psalms.scriptura.org/w/Psalm_67_Verse-by-Verse#v._6 v. 6]
* [https://psalms.scriptura.org/w/Psalm_67_Verse-by-Verse#vv._7-8 vv. 7-8]
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=Exegetical Issues=
* [[Psalm 67: Looking Back, Looking Forward, or Both?]]
* [[Verbal Semantics of Psalm 67]]
* [[The Grammar and Meaning of Ps. 67:3]]