Revision as of 11:39, 31 December 2024

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

Translation

Click 'Expand' to the right to see our Close-but-Clear translation of Psalm 67.

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.

The Close-but-clear translation (CBC) exists to provide a window into the Hebrew text according to how we understand its syntax and word-to-phrase-level semantics. It is not intended to be used as a stand-alone translation or base text, but as a supplement to Layer-by-Layer materials to help users make full use of these resources.

For links to other translations of Psalm 67, click here.

Videos

Overview Video

Poetic Features Video

Exegetical Issues Video

Verse-by-Verse

Click the link to view all of Psalm 67 Verse-by-Verse, or click on an individual verse below.

Layer-by-Layer

Psalm Overview

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
   |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).
+ |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>
   }}

Psalm 67: Difference between revisions