Psalms 67:1
God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah
Revised Version 1895
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 thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
Cross References
Numbers 6:24The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
Psalms 4:1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; thou hast set me at large when I was in distress: have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psalms 6:1O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms 31:16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy lovingkindness.
Psalms 80:1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest upon the cherubim, shine forth.
Psalms 80:19Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall 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 →