Psalm 67:1-8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 67:3

Let the people praise thee - When this is done, the people - the Gentiles, will praise thee; all will give thanks to God for his unspeakable gift. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 laws shall be founded on his word; and the nations of the earth shall be governed according to judgment, justice, and equity. Selah - This is true. There are innumerable facts to confirm it. All the nations who have received the Gospel of Christ have been benefited politically, as well as spiritually, by it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 67:5

Let the people praise thee - Seeing the abundance of the blessings which the Gentiles were to receive, he calls again and again upon them to magnify God for such mercies. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 67:7

God shall bless us - He shall ever be speaking good to us, and ever showering down good things upon us. The last clause of the sixth verse should be joined to the seventh, as it is in several of the Versions, and should be in all. Many of the fathers, and several commentators, have thought that there is a reference to the Holy Trinity in the triple repetition of the word God: "God, our God, shall bless us; God shall bless us;" thus paraphrased in the old Psalter: "Blis us God the Fader:... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 67:1

Verse 1 1God 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 begins by praying for the Divine blessing, particularly upon the Jews. They were the first-born, (Exodus 4:22,) and the blessing was to terminate upon them first, and then go out to all the surrounding nations. I have used the imperative mood throughout the psalm, as other translators have... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 67:2

Verse 2 2That they may know thy way upon the earth. Here we have a clear prophecy of that extension of the grace of God by which the Gentiles were united into one body with the posterity of Abraham. The Psalmist prays for some conspicuous proof of favor to be shown his chosen people, which might attract the Gentiles to seek participation in the same blessed hope. (4) By the way of God is meant his covenant, which is the source or spring of salvation, and by which he discovered himself in the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 67:3

Verse 3 3Let the people praise thee, O God! Having spoken of all nations participating in the saving knowledge of God, he next tells us that they would proclaim his goodness, and exhorts them to the exercise of gratitude. The repetition used clearly shows of itself that he alludes to an event of a new and unprecedented kind. Had the allusion been to some such manifestation of his favor as he ordinarily made to the Jews, we would not have looked for the same vehemency of expression. First he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 67:6

Verse 6 6The 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,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 67:1

God be merciful unto us, and bless us. An echo of the priestly blessing ( Numbers 6:24 , Numbers 6:25 ), but not necessarily uttered by a priest. The substitution of Elohim for Jehovah is natural, considering the universalist character of the psalm. And cause his face to shine upon us; literally, with us . "With us" especially, as the people of God; but not "with us" exclusively, as the whole psalm makes manifest. read more

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