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NOTES for Psa 67

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1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
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We hear a plea for mercy, but this time the psalmist asks for mercy not for himself, and not even only for his own people, chosen to walk before the Lord, but also for all the nations that still resist Him. Yet God’s mercy toward people is manifested not only in caring for their needs; it is inseparable from the Revelation God has granted about Himself and His will. Therefore the psalmist desires that all peoples and tribes acknowledge God as their Lord. At the same time, he does not want them to bow before the majesty of the Truth because they have been crushed by its grandeur, but wants the Truth revealed to them to make their life joyful.

This psalm alone is enough to refute the claims of those who say that the Old Testament is supposedly important for only one people and that its commandments and prophecies do not concern anyone else. But this is not the only passage in the Old Testament that prophetically reveals the destiny of all nations, whom the Lord equally desires to save.

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1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
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An attempt to express the Lord’s greatness through images of a triumphal procession could not, of course, fully portray the One who surpasses all...  Read more

An attempt to express the Lord’s greatness through images of a triumphal procession could not, of course, fully portray the One who surpasses all. Yet the feelings of people who had discovered even a small measure of His greatness become understandable to us through the customary ways in which they expressed them. The psalm allows us to recall the solemn transfer of the Ark of the Covenant into the House of God in Jerusalem, but this particular event can also be viewed as an image of the faithful following the Lord in procession; thus all the words of trust given here are entirely natural.

Then, unexpectedly, we encounter the words that the Lord received gifts not for Himself but for humanity, and moreover so that even those who rebelled might dwell with the Lord God. The psalmist was granted the insight that the Lord desires to be reconciled with sinful humanity that has fallen away from Him.

Several centuries later, He will go to the Cross for those who oppose Him.

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