Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 67:2
That (b) thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
(b) That both Jews and Gentiles may know God's covenant made with them.
That (b) thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
(b) That both Jews and Gentiles may know God's covenant made with them.
Verse Psalms 67:2. _THAT THY WAY MAY BE KNOWN_] That thy will, thy gracious designs towards the children of men, thy way of reconciling them to thyself, of justifying the ungodly, and sanctifying the...
THAT THY WAY MAY BE KNOWN UPON EARTH - The law of God; the principles and methods of the divine administration; the way in which God rules mankind and in which he bestows his blessings on people. The...
Psalms 67 The Fullest Blessing This brief Psalm does not permit any division. It is closely linked with the preceding one, telling us of the fullest blessings in store for Israel and the whole earth...
LXVII. AN EXPANSION OF THE HIGH PRIEST'S BLESSING (Numbers 6:24). The Jews have had an abundant harvest, and the Psalmist hopes that Yahweh's favour to Israel may lead other nations to a knowledge of...
WAY. dealings. See note on Psalms 103:7. SAVING HEALTH. salvation, or saving help....
The final object of the blessing for which Israel prays is that the whole world may know God....
Lit. _that men may know thy way in the earth_. The blessings which God bestows upon Israel will shew the nations what a God He is, and make them desire to serve Him. Cp. Jeremiah 33:9; Zechariah 8:20...
DISCOURSE: 608 CALLING OF THE GENTILES PRAYED FOR Psalms 67:1. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us: that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among...
THAT THY WAY MAY BE KNOWN— That is, that all the world may be sensible of the truth of the Jewish religion; and expect no blessing, but from the supreme God of the Jews. _Thy saving health,_ or _salva...
PSALMS 67 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Prayer for Blessing on Israel as a Means of Blessing to All Nations. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 67:1-2, The Priestly Prayer urged with a view to the Enlightenment of All...
_THAT THY WAY MAY BE KNOWN UPON EARTH, THY SAVING HEALTH AMONG ALL NATIONS._ That thy way may be known upon earth. "Thy way" - i:e., thy dealing in grace, as explained in the parallel, "thy saving he...
THY WAY] of dealing with men. SAVING HEALTH] salvation....
This short and joyful Ps. is in the first place a harvest thanksgiving (Psalms 67:6), perhaps at the Feast of Tabernacles. God's goodness to Israel reveals Him also to the nations (Psalms 67:2), and c...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
SAVING HEALTH. — The Hebrew word is that generally rendered “salvation,” but often better rendered “help,” or “deliverance.” By “health” the translators meant “healing power,” as in Shakespeare, _King...
_[Psalms 67:3]_ לָ דַ֣עַת בָּ † אָ֣רֶץ דּ
Psalms 67:1 THIS little psalm condenses the dominant thought of the two preceding into a series of aspirations after Israel's blessing, and the consequent diffusion of the knowledge of God's way among...
“LET ALL THE PEOPLES PRAISE THEE” Psalms 66:16; Psalms 67:1 Come and hear, Psalms 66:16 The psalm began with _Come and see,_...
In this psalm there is a fine merging of prayer and praise. Prayer is its dominant note. Moreover, it is prayer on the highest level. It asks for personal blessing, but its deepest passion is that all...
_Arise. These words were used when the Israelites decamped, (Numbers x. 35.; Calmet) and in the exorcisms to expel devils, who are here styled enemies. (St. Athanasius) --- The Jews were confounded wh...
Observe how blessed are the effects which follow God's mercy, and the shining of his countenance upon the soul. The church of our elder brother, the Jew, is praying for the conversion of her younger s...
2_That they may know thy way upon the earth. _Here we have a clear prophecy of that extension of the grace of God by which the Gentiles were united into one body with the posterity of Abraham. The Psa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 65, 66 AND 67. In Psalms 65-67 we have the bright side, the bright and joyful confidence of the saint who is conscious of being heard, and who, though not yet in...
THAT THY WAY MAY BE KNOWN UPON EARTH,.... God's way and method of grace, in the salvation of sinners; the contrivance of it in Christ, the impetration of it by him, and the application of it by his Sp...
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...
_God be merciful to us_ Thy people Israel. _And cause his face to shine upon us_ As thou hast hid thy face, or withdrawn the tokens of thy favour from us, so do thou now manifest them to us. _That thy...
A PSALM OF PRAISE FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES. To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be rendered in public services with the accompaniment of stringed instruments, a psalm or song, the inspire...
that Thy way may be known upon earth, the manner in which the Lord conducted Himself, especially with regard to the salvation of His people, THY SAVING HEALTH AMONG ALL NATIONS, that is, the salvation...
Nor do we desire this mercy only for our comfort, but also for the advancement of thy glory, and the propagation of the true religion among all nations, who by the contemplation of thy gracious and wo...
Psalms 67:2 way H1870 known H3045 (H8800) earth H776 salvation H3444 nations H1471 That - Ps
CONTENTS: Prayer for the prosperity of God's cause in the world. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Those who themselves delight in praising God cannot but desire that others may be brought to p...
Title. In the LXX this is called a hymn, and is inscribed to David. Psalms 67:6. _God,_ the Elohim, _even our own God,_ the Messiah, _shall bless us;_ so the ancients interpret these words. REFLECT...
_God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause His face to shine upon us._ ILLUMINING THE LIFE Let us mark the two extremes of the psalm. It begins with “God be merciful unto us,” and it ends with...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 67:1. This psalm is a prayer that God will bless Israel with a fruitful harvest (v. Psalms 67:6) so that the rest of the world may come to kno
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_. “_To the chief Musician:_” see Introduction to Psalms 57. “_On Neginoth:_” see Introduction to Psalms 54. “_A Song or Psalm_:” see Introduction to Psalms 48. Neither th...
EXPOSITION ACCORDING to some, this psalm, like Psalms 65:1, is a harvest thanksgiving (Hengstenberg, Cheyne). But the single expression (in Psalms 65:6) on which this view is grounded seems insufficie...
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us (Psalms 67:1); Three things: be merciful unto us, bless us, cause His face to shine upon us. Now there are some people that w...
Acts 13:10; Acts 18:25; Acts 22:4; Acts 9:31; Esther 8:15;...
Thy way — The way of truth, or the true religion; the same which in the next clause is called his saving health, and both together signify the way of salvation; deal so graciously with thy people, tha...