Psalms 67:1 «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. Ver. 1. _God be merciful unto us_] _sc._ In sending his Son, and calling his elect, both among Jews and Gentries, to the participation of that gi... [ Continue Reading ]
That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Ver. 2. _That thy way may be known_] Thy way of worship, that way that is called holy, the gospel, Acts 19:23; Acts 18:25,26, the way of salvation, Acts 16:17 . _ Thy saving health_] That is, thy Christ, Luke 2:30; Luke 2:3... [ Continue Reading ]
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Ver. 3. _Let the people praise thee, O God_] Enlarge the bounds of thy Church; and bring in the hallelujahs of the Gentiles also. Let them praise thee (that pronoun "thee" is emphatic and exclusive), and not their gods of gold and s... [ Continue Reading ]
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. Ver. 4. _O let the nations be glad, &c._] As they cannot but be upon their sound conversion, Acts 8:8, there being no such joy as the joy of faith, and that a man's nam... [ Continue Reading ]
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Ver. 5. _Versus amoibaeus._ See Psalms 67:3 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 67:6 [Then] shall the earth yield her increase; [and] God, [even] our own God, shall bless us. Ver. 6. _Then shall the earth yield her increase_] _Omnia opera nostra erunt prospera,_ All shall go well with us, and we shall abound with blessings of both lives. The gospel is a cornucopia; and... [ Continue Reading ]
God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. Ver. 7. _God shall bless us_] God is thrice named here and in the former verse, to note the trinity of persons, as Ramban wrote, In more Nevochim, and had, therefore, his book burnt by the Jews in France. And whereas it is thrice her... [ Continue Reading ]