Title. Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. App-65.
Song. Hebrew. shir. App-65. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, add "of David".
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
merciful. favourable, or gracious.
Selah. Connecting the prayer (Psalms 67:1) with the object of it (Psalms 67:2). See App-66.
PSALM LXVII _The psalmist prays for the enlargement of God's kingdom_, 1, 2; _calls upon all nations to serve him, because he judges and_ _governs righteously_, 3-5; _promises prosperity to the fa...
GOD BE MERCIFUL UNTO US, AND BLESS US - There is, perhaps (as Prof. Alexander suggests), an allusion, in the language used here, to the sacerdotal benediction in Numbers 6:24 : “The Lord bless thee, a...
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 Psalm begins with words taken from the priestly blessing of Numbers 6:24 ff: "Jehovah bless thee and keep thee: Jehovah cause his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee: Jehovah lift...
The final object of the blessing for which Israel prays is that the whole world may know God....
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...
_A prayer for the enlargement of God's kingdom, to the joy of the people, and to the increase of God's blessings._ To the chief musician on Neginoth, A Psalm _or_ Song. _TITLE._ שׁיר מזמור בנגינת למנ...
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...
_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 r...
67:1 upon (e-26) Lit. 'with.'...
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...
This v. is partly taken from the priestly benediction (Numbers 6:24), but with the change of 'the Lord'(_Jehovah_) into 'God' (_Elohim_)....
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...
This verse is an adaptation of the priestly benediction (Numbers 6:24). UPON US. — Rather, _with,_ or _among_ us; a variation from the formal benediction....
לַ † מְנַצֵּ֥ח בִּ נְגִינֹ֗ת מִזְמֹ֥ור שִֽׁיר׃ ...
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...
"To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song." God be merciful unto us, and bless us; [and] (a) cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. (a) That is, move our hearts with his Holy Spirit, tha...
Himself. This is the most difficult of all the psalms, (Calmet) crux ingeniorum. (Muis) --- The prodigies wrought by God in favour of his people, when they came out of Egypt, and conquered the land of...
CONTENTS The church rejoices in the love and favour of her Lord, and desires that the same blessings she enjoys in her beloved, may be the happy portion of both Jew and Gentile. To the chief musicia...
1_God be merciful unto us, and bless us _The psalm contains a prediction of Christ’s kingdom, under which the whole world was to be adopted into a privileged relationship with God; but the Psalmist 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...
GOD BE MERCIFUL UNTO US, AND BLESS US,.... That is, God, of his unmerited mercy, of his rich grace and free favour, bless us with the coming of his Son, the promised seed, in whom all nations are to b...
Psalms 67:1 «To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song. » God be merciful unto us, and bless us; [and] cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. Ver. 1. _God be merciful unto us_] _sc._ In s...
_God be merciful to us_ Thy people Israel. _And cause his face to shine upon us_ As thou hast hid thy face, or withdrawn the tokens of thy favour from us, so do thou now manifest them to us. _That thy...
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...
God be merciful unto us, looking upon the suppliants with grace and favor, AND BLESS US, He, the only Giver of every good and every perfect gift, AND CAUSE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON US, showing them the...
UPON US: _ Heb._ with us...
PSALM 67 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm contains a prayer for the church of Israel, as also for the Gentile world, whose conversion he prophetically describes. The church prayeth for the enlargement of the k...
Psalms 67:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) instruments H5058 Psalm H4210 Song H7892 God H430 merciful H2603 (H8799) bless...
NEGINOTH Neginoth, stringed instruments....
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
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...
2 Corinthians 13:14; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Deuteronomy 21:8; Ephesians 1:3;...