1 To the Overseer, with stringed instruments. -- A Psalm, a Song. God doth favour us and bless us, Doth cause His face to shine with us. Selah.
Many are saying, `Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,
`Jehovah bless thee and keep thee; `Jehovah cause His face to shine upon thee, and favour thee; `Jehovah lift up His countenance upon thee, and appoint for thee -- peace. `And they have put My name upon the sons of Israel, and I -- I do bless them.'
O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!
Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.
To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. -- A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs -- shine forth, Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation. O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.
God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.
the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, `is' with you all! Amen.
receive atonement for Thy people Israel, whom Thou hast ransomed, O Jehovah, and suffer not innocent blood in the midst of Thy people Israel; and the blood hath been pardoned to them,
Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!
To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. In Judah `is' God known, in Israel His name `is' great.
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Commentary on Psalms 67 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 67
This psalm relates to the church and is calculated for the public. Here is,
Thus was the psalmist carried out by the spirit of prophecy to foretel the glorious estate of the Christian church, in which Jews and Gentiles should unite in one flock, the beginning of which blessed work ought to be the matter of our joy and praise, and the completing of it of our prayer and hope, in singing this psalm.
To the chief musician on Neginoth. A psalm or song.
Psa 67:1-7
The composition of this psalm is such as denotes the penman's affections to have been very warm and lively, by which spirit of devotion he was elevated to receive the spirit of prophecy concerning the enlargement of God's kingdom.