Psalm 67

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

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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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Verse-by-Verse

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• v. 1
• vv. 2-3
• v. 4
• v. 5
• v. 6
• vv. 7-8

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Psalm Overview

• Grammar
• Semantics
• Story behind the Psalm
• Discourse
• Poetics

Exegetical Issues

• Psalm 67: Looking Back, Looking Forward, or Both?
• Verbal Semantics of Psalm 67
• The Grammar and Meaning of Ps. 67:3