_GOD BE MERCIFUL UNTO US, AND BLESS US; AND CAUSE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON US; SELAH._ Psalms 67:1.-Prayer for God's mercy upon God's people, that so His way may be known to all nations; also that His righteous reign may come upon earth to the joy of the nations (Psalms 67:1); as the result of the pr... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THY WAY MAY BE KNOWN UPON EARTH, THY SAVING HEALTH AMONG ALL NATIONS._ That thy way may be known upon earth. "Thy way" - i:e., thy dealing in grace, as explained in the parallel, "thy saving health" (Acts 18:25). His ways of saving and blessing us, sinners though we be (Psalms 25:10; Psalms 1... [ Continue Reading ]
_LET THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE, O GOD; LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE._ Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee - a prophetical prayer. The manifested blessedness of Israel in her Lord shall attract all nations to the same Saviour (Isa. 2:24).... [ Continue Reading ]
_O LET THE NATIONS BE GLAD AND SING FOR JOY: FOR THOU SHALT JUDGE THE PEOPLE RIGHTEOUSLY, AND GOVERN THE NATIONS UPON EARTH. SELAH._ O let the nations be glad, and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern ... - literally, guide (Isaiah 58:11). "Righteously" - literally,... [ Continue Reading ]
_LET THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE, O GOD; LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE._ -When all the peoples praise God, then the earth itself shall be delivered from the curse. Verse 6. THEN SHALL THE EARTH YIELD HER INCREASE - literally, 'hath yielded:' the prophetical preterite. The future is to the eye of inspi... [ Continue Reading ]