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 saving health among all nations.

Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

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/kjv/psalms/chapter-4/6">Psalms 4:6</a>. <a href="/bible/kjv/psalms/chapter-68">Psalms 68</a> follows with a much longer hymn of triumph.