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This psalm is a song for the music leader. He is to use stringed instruments.

All the nations should praise God[a]

67 God, please be kind to us and bless us.
    Look at us with a smile on your face.
Selah.
Then people on the earth will know
    what pleases you.
People from all nations will know
    that you have the power to save them.
May people everywhere praise you, God.
    Yes, may they all praise you!
May the nations be so happy
    that they sing aloud with joy!
Because you are fair when you judge people,
    and you are a guide for all the nations of the world.
Selah.
May people everywhere praise you, God.
    Yes, may they all praise you!
The land has given us a harvest of food,
    and God, our God, continues to bless us.
God, please bless us!
Then all people everywhere will respect you.

Footnotes

  1. 67:1 See Numbers 6:24-26.

Make Your Face Shine upon Us

To the choirmaster: with (A)stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.

67 May God (B)be gracious to us and bless us
    and make his face to (C)shine upon us, Selah
that (D)your way may be known on earth,
    your (E)saving power among all nations.
(F)Let the peoples praise you, O God;
    let all the peoples praise you!

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
    for you (G)judge the peoples with equity
    and guide the nations upon earth. Selah
(H)Let the peoples praise you, O God;
    let all the peoples praise you!

The earth has (I)yielded its increase;
    God, our God, shall bless us.
God shall bless us;
    let (J)all the ends of the earth fear him!

67 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.

That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.