Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 67:7
God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
God shall bless us – That is, with prosperity, peace, salvation. The making of his name known abroad will be the means of blessing the world; will be the highest favor that can be conferred on mankind.
And all the ends of the earth shall fear him – All parts of the earth. See the notes at Psa 22:27. The time, therefore, looked for is that when the knowledge of the Lord shall pervade all lands; the time to which the ancient prophets were constantly looking forward as the sum of all their wishes, and the burden of all their communications; that time, for the coming of which all who love their fellow-men, and who earnestly desire the welfare of the world, should most earnestly pray. The hope that this may occur, is the only bright thing in the future respecting this world; and he lives most in accordance with the high ends for which man was made who most earnestly desires this, and who, by his prayers and efforts, contributes most to this glorious consummation.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 7. God shall bless us] He shall ever be speaking good to us, and ever showering down good things upon us.
The last clause of the sixth verse should be joined to the seventh, as it is in several of the Versions, and should be in all. Many of the fathers, and several commentators, have thought that there is a reference to the Holy Trinity in the triple repetition of the word GOD: “God, our God, shall bless us; God shall bless us;” thus paraphrased in the old Psalter: “Blis us God the Fader: and our God the sone: and blis us and multipli us God the Hali Gast; that swa drede him God, all the endis of erth; for he wil comme to deme rightwysly that unrightwysly was demed. He that kan drede him, he cesses noght to lufe him.”
When or by whom this Psalm was written cannot be ascertained. It seems to be simply a prophecy concerning the calling of the Gentiles, the preaching of the apostles, and the diffusion and influence of Christianity in the world. It is a fine piece of devotion; and it would be nearly impossible to read or repeat it with a cold and unaffected heart.
ANALYSIS OF THE SIXTY-SEVENTH PSALM
This Psalm may be divided into three parts: –
I. A general prayer, Ps 67:1. And the reason of it, Ps 67:2.
II. A double vow, Ps 67:3-4. With the reason. The vow repeated, Ps 67:6.
III. The effects that were to follow, Ps 67:6-7.
1. The first part, a prayer for mercy: “God be merciful to us!” for God’s mercy is the fountain of all our blessings.
2. Then bless us through that mercy with temporal and spiritual good.
3. “Cause his face to shine.” Give us a sense of thy approbation.
4. Let these blessings be extended to all men. For this reason: 1. “That thy way,” thy will, word, worship, c., “may be known upon earth.” 2. “Thy saving health,” the redemption by Christ, “to all nations.”
II. Then shall God be honoured one will readily flow from the other; for mercy brings knowledge of God and his goodness; and this knowledge brings praise. This verse is emphatic: –
1. In respect of the object; “Thee,” not strange gods.
2. ALL shall praise – not mutter or meditate praise, but make it illustrious.
3. This should be done frequently, an example of which we have in this Psalm.
4. It should be done cheerfully, with a glad heart; not words merely, but affections of praise.
For this also he gives a reason which is two-fold: –
1. His equity in judging: “Thou shalt judge the people righteously.”
2. His wisdom in governing. Thou shalt lead them, tanchem, thy government shall be full of wise teaching: “Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of his times.”
III. The effects of his blessing, and our praise.
1. “The earth shall yield her increase:” the people shall be multiplied; the harvests shall be ample, and the Church shall overflow with converts.
2. God shall bless this increase; for, without this, temporal blessings may become a curse. He doubles this that it may not be forgotten.
3. The last and finest effect is, that God shall be worshipped over all the earth: “All the ends of the earth shalt fear him.” Amen. The fear of God is frequently Used to express the whole of his worship.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
God shall bless us,…. The Holy Spirit blesses with regenerating and renewing grace; with faith, comfort, joy and peace, by shedding abroad in the heart the love of the Father and the Son; by applying precious promises; by testifying adoption; by making meet for heaven and happiness, and working up for the selfsame thing eternal glory;
and all the ends of the earth shall fear him; the one God, Father, Son, and Spirit, the object of religious fear, internal and external; for this includes the exercise of that inward grace of filial fear, and the performance of all divine worship, public and private; and which in the latter day will be found among Jews and Gentiles, in all the inhabitants of the earth, even to the ends of it, Ho 3:5.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
7. And all the ends of the earth shall fear him This is the ultimate moral end of all gracious dispensation. Universal piety is here, as everywhere in the prophets, held forth as the guaranty of universal gladness and prosperity, (Psa 67:2,) and God will cause the world to see it, “for a witness unto all nations,” (Mat 24:14,) whether they accept the gospel or not.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 67
REFLECTIONS
IN the contemplation of the blessings contained in this devout hymn of the church, methinks, Reader, I would have your soul go forth, as I pray the Lord lead forth mine, in praising and adoring the God of all our mercies, for the sweet view here given of the harmony and love of the Jewish church towards that of the Gentiles, in so ardently desiring the advent of those blessed consequences of her conversion to the knowledge and enjoyment of the Lord Jesus. Surely it will be a glorious church, a blessed church, an harmonious church, when the fulness of the Gentiles shall be completed, and the Deliverer shall arise out of Zion to turn away ungodliness from Jacob. Lord, I would pray, hasten the happy hour: God be merciful to us, and bless us: let thy way be known upon earth, thy saving health unto all nations. Bring, Lord, thy church, both Jew and Gentile, into one fold, under one Shepherd, and let the whole redeemed be gathered unto our glorious Shiloh, that God in all things may be glorified in Jesus Christ.
And, until this blessed era arrive, and Christ’s kingdom come, let us look up, and daily pray for these vast blessings. God hath said, For these things I will be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them. Be gracious, Lord, I would say, in making thy way known through the earth, and thy saving health in salvation-blessings among all nations. And oh! thou almighty Aaron! thou great High Priest and Melchizedec of thy church and people! do thou bless us in the name of the Father, Son, and Spirit! May God the Father bless us, and keep us! May God the Son make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us! May God the Holy Ghost lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace! Amen.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 67:7 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 here said “God shall bless us,” it importeth that the blessings here meant are more than terrene and bodily blessings.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
God shall bless us. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
the earth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for its inhabitants. (No Art.)
To the chief Musician. See App-64.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
fear
(See Scofield “Psa 19:9”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
God: Psa 29:11, Psa 72:17, Gen 12:2, Gen 12:3, Act 2:28, Gal 3:9, Gal 3:14
all the: Psa 22:27, Psa 65:5, Psa 98:3, Isa 43:6, Isa 45:22, Isa 52:10, Mic 5:4, Zec 9:10, Mal 1:11, Act 13:47, Rev 15:4
fear: Mal 4:2, Act 13:26
Reciprocal: Gen 32:26 – thou bless Num 6:27 – and I will 1Ch 16:28 – ye kindreds Psa 24:5 – receive Psa 86:9 – All Psa 91:2 – my God Psa 115:12 – the house of Israel Isa 19:25 – the Lord Isa 24:16 – uttermost part Isa 41:5 – the ends Zec 8:12 – the seed Mat 24:31 – from Luk 24:47 – among Act 3:26 – sent Act 13:16 – and ye
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
67:7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth {e} shall fear him.
(e) When they feel his great benefits both spiritual and corporal toward them.