Psalm 67:1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us--

◄ Psalm 67:1 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us--

English Standard Version
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah

New American Standard Bible
For the choir director; with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. God be gracious to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us-- Selah.

King James Bible
[[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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us; look on us with favor Selah

International Standard Version
May God show us favor and bless us; may he truly show us his favor. Interlude

American Standard Version
God be merciful unto us, and bless us, And cause his face to shine upon us; Selah

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto the end, in, hymns, a psalm of a canticle for David. May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.

Darby Bible Translation
{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song.} God be gracious unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah,

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Cross References

Genesis 43:29
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom you spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to you, my son.

Numbers 6:25
The LORD make his face shine on you, and be gracious to you:

Psalm 4:6
There be many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift you up the light of your countenance on us.

Psalm 31:16
Make your face to shine on your servant: save me for your mercies' sake.

Psalm 80:3
Turn us again, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Psalm 80:7
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Psalm 89:15
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.

Psalm 119:135
Make your face to shine on your servant; and teach me your statutes.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

67:1-7 A prayer for the enlargement of Christ's kingdom. - All our happiness comes from God's mercy; therefore the first thing prayed for is, God be merciful to us, to us sinners, and pardon our sins. Pardon is conveyed by God's blessing, and secured in that. If we, by faith, walk with God, we may hope that his face will shine on us. The psalmist passes on to a prayer for the conversion of the Gentiles, which shows that the Old Testament saints desired that their advantages might also be enjoyed by others. And many Scripture prophecies and promises are wrapped up in prayers: the answer to the prayer of the church is as sure as the performance of God's promises. The joy wished to the nations, is holy joy. Let them be glad that by his providence the Lord will overrule the affairs of kingdoms; that even the kingdoms of this world shall became the kingdom of the Lord, and of his Christ. Then is declared a joyful prospect of all good when God shall do this. The success of the gospel brings outward mercies with it; righteousness exalts a nation. The blessing of the Lord sweetens all our creature-comforts to us, and makes them comforts indeed. All the world shall be brought to worship Him. When the gospel begins to spread, it shall go forward more and more, till it reaches to the ends of the earth. It is good to cast in our lot with those that are the blessed of the Lord. If nothing had been spoken in Scripture respecting the conversion of the heathen, we might think it vain to attempt so hopeless a work. But when we see with what confidence it is declared in the Scriptures, we may engage in missionary labours, assured that God will fulfil his own word. And shall we be backward to make known to the heathen the knowledge with which we are favoured, and the salvation we profess to glory in? They cannot learn unless they are taught. Then let us go forward in the strength of the Lord, and look to him to accompany the word the Holy Ghost; then Satan's kingdom shall be destroyed, and the kingdom of our Redeemer established.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

PSALM 67

Ps 67:1-7. A prayer that, by God's blessing on His people, His salvation and praise may be extended over the earth.

1. cause his face to shine—show us favor (Nu 6:24, 25; Ps 31:16).