INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 67 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN ON NEGINOTH, A PSALM [OR] SONG. According to the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, this psalm is a psalm of David; and very probably it was written by him, since the spirit and language of it agree with that sweet singer of Isra... [ Continue Reading ]
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 be blessed; and with the blessings of peace, pardon, and righteousness in him; all which with him spr... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THY WAY MAY BE KNOWN UPON EARTH,.... God's way and method of grace, in the salvation of sinners; the contrivance of it in Christ, the impetration of it by him, and the application of it by his Spirit; and the way of sinners to him through Christ, the way, the truth, and the life, the new and li... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE, O GOD,.... Let them have occasion to praise God, the people of the Jews, for the mission of Christ, and for the blessings of grace and peace with him; LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE; all the nations of the world, for making known the way of life and grace, and the saving... [ Continue Reading ]
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 JUDGE THE PEOPLE RIGHTEOUSLY; meaning not the people of the world at the last day, at the general j... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE, O GOD; LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE. Psalms 67:3. This is repeated from that preceding verse to show the earnest desire of the church that it might be so; or that there might be an occasion for it; the ardour of her mind, and fervency of her petitions, and how much she... [ Continue Reading ]
[THEN] SHALL THE EARTH YIELD HER INCREASE,.... Not literally the land of Israel, as in some copies of the Targum, and as Kimchi interprets it; see Leviticus 26:3; but mystically and spiritually the church of God in the times of the Messiah, Ezekiel 34:23; the word of God preached in the world is the... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD SHALL BLESS US,.... The Holy Spirit blesses with regenerating and renewing grace; with faith, comfort, joy and peace, by shedding abroad in the heart the love of the Father and the Son; by applying precious promises; by testifying adoption; by making meet for heaven and happiness, and working up... [ Continue Reading ]