Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 67:4
Judge — Rule them. Govern — Heb. lead; gently, as a shepherd doth his sheep; and not rule them with rigour, as other lords had done.
Judge — Rule them. Govern — Heb. lead; gently, as a shepherd doth his sheep; and not rule them with rigour, as other lords had done.
Verse Psalms 67:4. _GLAD AND SING FOR JOY_] They shall be made happy in thy salvation. Even their political state shall be greatly meliorated; for God will be acknowledged the supreme Judge; _their la...
O LET THE NATIONS BE QLAD, AND SING FOR JOY - All the nations of the earth. Let them all be made acquainted with thee; with thy character; with the principles of thy govermnent; with the methods by wh...
Psalms 67 The Fullest Blessing This brief Psalm does not permit any division. It is closely linked with the preceding one, telling us of the fullest blessings in store for Israel and the whole earth...
LXVII. AN EXPANSION OF THE HIGH PRIEST'S BLESSING (Numbers 6:24). The Jews have had an abundant harvest, and the Psalmist hopes that Yahweh's favour to Israel may lead other nations to a knowledge of...
THE NATIONS. (No Art.) GOVERN. gently lead. SELAH. Connecting the righteous rule of God of Psalms 67:4 with renewed praise for it in Psalms 67:5. See App-66....
May all nations soon acknowledge the God of Israel as their God!...
The reason for the universal rejoicing of the nations is given in the words, for thou shalt Judge the peoples with equity; i.e. rule them with just and equitable government. Cp. the attributes of the...
DISCOURSE: 608 CALLING OF THE GENTILES PRAYED FOR Psalms 67:1. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us: that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among...
THOU SHALT JUDGE— i.e. "Thou shalt hereafter govern them by righteous and good laws, who were before under the government of Satan, and had nothing to guide them but some few laws and tendencies of na...
PSALMS 67 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Prayer for Blessing on Israel as a Means of Blessing to All Nations. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 67:1-2, The Priestly Prayer urged with a view to the Enlightenment of All...
_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...
67:4 peoples (b-14) _ Ammim_ . see Psalms 7:8 . nations (g-3) nations (g-18) _ Leummim_ . see Psalms 2:1 ....
RIGHTEOUSLY] RV 'with equity.' GOVERN] RM'lead,' as H e led Israel....
This short and joyful Ps. is in the first place a harvest thanksgiving (Psalms 67:6), perhaps at the Feast of Tabernacles. God's goodness to Israel reveals Him also to the nations (Psalms 67:2), and c...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
FOR THOU SHALT JUDGE: — Better, _for thou judgest._ AND GOVERN.... — Better, _and dost lead._ The word is used in Psalms 23:3 of the “pastoral” care of God....
_[Psalms 67:5]_ יִֽשְׂמְח֥וּ וִֽ ירַנְּנ֗וּ לְאֻ֫מִּ֥ים כִּֽי...
Psalms 67:1 THIS little psalm condenses the dominant thought of the two preceding into a series of aspirations after Israel's blessing, and the consequent diffusion of the knowledge of God's way among...
“LET ALL THE PEOPLES PRAISE THEE” Psalms 66:16; Psalms 67:1 Come and hear, Psalms 66:16 The psalm began with _Come and see,_...
In this psalm there is a fine merging of prayer and praise. Prayer is its dominant note. Moreover, it is prayer on the highest level. It asks for personal blessing, but its deepest passion is that all...
(c) O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. (c) By these repetitions he shows that the people can never rejo...
_Feast. This was done when the ark was removed, 1 Paralipomenon xv., and xvi. 3. (Calmet) --- But believers may now receive God himself. (St. Ambrose) (Psalm xxxix.) (Berthier)_...
The prophet had foretold that the nation and kingdom, which would not serve Christ, should perish; Isaiah 60:12. But the same prophet had it in commission to tell the church, that so blessed should be...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 65, 66 AND 67. In Psalms 65-67 we have the bright side, the bright and joyful confidence of the saint who is conscious of being heard, and who, though not yet in...
O LET THE NATIONS BE GLAD AND SING FOR JOY,.... As they were glad, and did sing for joy, and glorified God, when Christ was made known, and the Gospel was preached unto them, Acts 8:5. FOR THOU SHALT...
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. Ver. 4. _O let the nations be glad, &c._] As they cannot but be upon...
_Let all the people praise thee_ O hasten that time when the Gentiles shall forsake their dumb idols, and serve and praise thee, the living God, as they have abundant cause to do. _O let the nations b...
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy, with an exultation caused by the glorious knowledge of salvation; FOR THOU SHALT JUDGE THE PEOPLE RIGHTEOUSLY, the judging in this case being done according...
A PSALM OF PRAISE FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES. To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be rendered in public services with the accompaniment of stringed instruments, a psalm or song, the inspire...
GOVERN: _ Heb._ lead...
BE GLAD AND SING FOR JOY, for thy transcendent mercy to them, in rescuing them from the vanities and damnable errors of their fathers, and in bringing them to the knowledge of the true God, and of ete...
Psalms 67:4 nations H3816 glad H8055 (H8799) joy H7442 (H8762) judge H8199 (H8799) people H5971 righteously...
CONTENTS: Prayer for the prosperity of God's cause in the world. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Those who themselves delight in praising God cannot but desire that others may be brought to p...
Title. In the LXX this is called a hymn, and is inscribed to David. Psalms 67:6. _God,_ the Elohim, _even our own God,_ the Messiah, _shall bless us;_ so the ancients interpret these words. REFLECT...
_God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause His face to shine upon us._ ILLUMINING THE LIFE Let us mark the two extremes of the psalm. It begins with “God be merciful unto us,” and it ends with...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 67:1. This psalm is a prayer that God will bless Israel with a fruitful harvest (v. Psalms 67:6) so that the rest of the world may come to kno
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 67:4 THE NATIONS BE GLAD AND SING FOR JOY. It is likely that the psalmist is praying for the day when God’s rule (YOU JUDGE) is extended to include the Gentiles (see...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_. “_To the chief Musician:_” see Introduction to Psalms 57. “_On Neginoth:_” see Introduction to Psalms 54. “_A Song or Psalm_:” see Introduction to Psalms 48. Neither th...
EXPOSITION ACCORDING to some, this psalm, like Psalms 65:1, is a harvest thanksgiving (Hengstenberg, Cheyne). But the single expression (in Psalms 65:6) on which this view is grounded seems insufficie...
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us (Psalms 67:1); Three things: be merciful unto us, bless us, cause His face to shine upon us. Now there are some people that w...
Acts 17:31; Deuteronomy 32:43; Galatians 4:27; Genesis 18:25;...