Psalms 67 – Let All the People Praise Thee

A short blessing that God's ways be known to all nations.

Psalms 67: God Be Merciful Unto Us

One of the shortest chapters in the Psalms overview, this psalm asks for God's blessing not for its own sake but so His saving health becomes known among all nations. Its refrain, repeated twice, calls every people to praise Him.


God be merciful unto us, and bless us, `And' cause his face to shine upon us; Selah

That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy salvation among all nations.

Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee.

Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For thou wilt judge the peoples with equity, And govern the nations upon earth. Selah

Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee.

The earth hath yielded its increase: God, even our own God, will bless us.

God will bless us; And all the ends of the earth shall fear him. Psalm 68 For the Chief Musician; A Psalm of David, a song.

The psalm closes by tying blessing to harvest, promising that the earth will yield its increase as God blesses His people, an idea also touched in <a href="/bible/asv/psalms/chapter-4/6">Psalms 4:6</a>. <a href="/bible/asv/psalms/chapter-68">Psalms 68</a> follows with a much longer hymn of triumph.