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Overview

"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

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+|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).
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