Psalms 67:6

_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 inspiration as sure as the already past. The blessing in Leviticus 26:4 shall then be realized: primarily referring to thy Holy Land; ultimately to the whole earth. So also Psalms 65:5; Psalms 65:9. AND GOD, EVEN OUR OWN GOD, SHALL BLESS US. Israel own God, and the God of the Church, shall go on blessing us. Verse 7. GOD SHALL BLESS US; AND ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH SHALL FEAR HIM

6_The earth has given its increase _Mention having been made of the principal act of the Divine favor, notice is next taken of the temporal blessings which he confers upon his children, that they may have everything necessary to complete their happiness. And here it is to be remembered, that every benefit which God bestowed upon his ancient people was, as it were, a light held out before the eyes of the world, to attract the attention of the nations to him. From this the Psalmist argues, that should God liberally supply the wants of his people, the consequence would be, to increase the fear of his name, since all ends of the earth would, by what they saw of his fatherly regard to his own, submit themselves with greater cheerfulness to his government....

Verse Psalms 67:6. _THE EARTH YIELD HER INCREASE_] As the ground was _cursed_ for the sin of man, and the _curse_ was to be _removed_ by _Jesus_ _Christ_, the fertility of the ground should be influenced by the preaching of the Gospel; for as the people's minds would become enlightened by the truth, they would, in consequence, become capable of making the most _beneficial discoveries_ in _arts_ and _sciences_, and there should be an especial blessing on the toil of the pious husbandman. Whenever true religion prevails, every thing partakes of its beneficent influence....

THEN SHALL THE EARTH YIELD HER INCREASE - The word rendered “increase” - יבול _y__e__bûl_ - means properly produce, or that which the earth produces when properly cultivated. It is rendered “increase,” as here, in Leviticus 26:4, Leviticus 26:20; Deuteronomy 32:22; Judges 6:4; Job 20:28; Psalms 78:46;...

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 insufficient to support it, more especially as that expression may well be understood figuratively (see Psalms 85:12; Jeremiah 8:20; Hosea 6:11; Joel 3:13; Matthew 9:37, etc.). The

[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 seed sown in it; converts to Christ are the increase or fruit of it; and the church is God's husbandry, where it is yielded or brought forth; and this increase is of God, and is owing to the efficacy of his grace attending the ministration of the word, 1 Corinthians 3:6; it had its accomplishment in part in the first times of the Gospel, when it was preached by the apostles throughout the earth, and brought forth fr

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, when the new day has dawned and the King reigns. If this little Psalm in its prophetic message were understood it would end forever all postmillennial misconceptions as to the conversion of the world. Israel prays that the Lord may be gracious to them as He will in that coming day. As a result of Israel's conversion by the coming of the Lord, His way will be known upon the earth and His salvation among the nations. Then the peoples will praise, and the nations will be glad and rejoice. The Lord will be King of nations (verse 4) and the earth yield her increase. Here is God's way for the full blessing the earth and the race needs. Israel prays “God shall bless us” and as the result “all the...

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 true God....

GOD... GOD. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6....

The special occasion of the Psalm in the present bountiful harvest....