Psalms 67:1
May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
In Context
2that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
Cross References
Numbers 6:24‘May the LORD bless you and keep you;
Psalms 4:1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
Psalms 6:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Psalms 31:16Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
Psalms 80:1Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
Psalms 80:19Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 67:1
This psalm relates to the church and is calculated for the public. Here is, I. A prayer for the prosperity of the church of Israel, ver. 1 . II. A prayer for the conversion of the Gentiles and the bringing of them into the church, ver. 2-5 . III. A prospect of happy and glorious times when God shall do this, ver. 6, 7 . Thus was the psalmist carried out by the spirit of prophecy to foretel the glorious estate of the Christian church, in which Jews and Gentiles should unite in one flock, the beginning of which… Read the whole commentary →