Psalm 67 Overview

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Welcome to the Overview of Psalm 67

This page will introduce and provide orientation to Psalm 67 as a whole. It includes the following sections:


Introduction to Psalm 67

Author:

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.

Psalm 67 At-a-Glance

These sections divide the content of the psalm into digestible pieces, and are determined based on information from many of our layers, including Semantics, Poetics, and Discourse. The columns, left to right, contain: the verse numbers; the main title of the section; a brief summary of the content of that section (quote marks indicate the text is taken directly from the English text of the psalm (as per our Close-but-Clear translation); and an icon to visually represent and remember the content. Psalm 067 - synthesis.jpg

Background Orientation for Psalm 67

Following are the common-ground assumptionsCommon-ground assumptions include information shared by the speaker and hearers. In our analysis, we mainly use this category for Biblical/Ancient Near Eastern background. which are the most helpful for making sense of the psalm.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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 Situation for Psalm 67

      The background situation is the series of events leading up to the time in which the psalm is spoken. These are taken from the story triangle – whatever lies to the left of the star icon. Psalm 067 - Background events (reuploaded).jpg

Participants in Psalm 67

This resource is forthcoming.