Psalm 67: Blessing Leads to Praise
Psalms 67:1-7
God's grace and blessing to us causes us to call all nations to praise Him.
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Published April 26th, 2017
Psalms 67:1-7
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Make Your Face Shine upon Us 67 To the choirmaster: with v stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. 1 May God w be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to x shine upon us, Selah 2 that y your way may be known on earth, your z saving power among all nations. 3 a Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! 4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you b judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah 5 a Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! 6 The earth has c yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us. 7 God shall bless us; let d all the ends of the earth fear him!
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The flow of logic seems to be: v1: A request for God to be gracious to us, bless us, and shine on us v2: SO THAT he may be known among the nations v3-7: We are so overwhelmed by God's gracious blessing in v1 that we fulfill v2 by calling all creation to praise God: a. Because he rules and guides with equity (v3-4) b. Because he provides food (and all care) (v5-6) c. Because he deserves all honor (to be feared) (v7) My praise of God, and my calling others to praise God, is only a response to God's gracious act of blessing me and making his face shine upon me. God is the initiator. I am only a respondent.
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The Priestly Blessing - so that God may be known throughout the earth
May God show us his favor
May God be gracious
and bless us!
to us
Advantage
May he smile
and bless us
on us! (Selah)
and make his face
to shine
Purpose
upon us,
Destinatation/Advantage
Selah
Then those living ... will know
that your way may be known
on earth
on earth,
Locative
what you are like;
your saving power
all nations will know
among all nations.
how you deliver your people.
Call to Praise #1 - God rules and guides with equity
Let the nations thank you,
Let the peoples praise you,
O God!
O God;
Let all the nations thank you!
let all the peoples praise you!
Let foreigners rejoice
Let the nations be glad
and celebrate!
and sing
for joy,
Content
For you execute justice
for you judge the peoples
Ground #1
among the nations,
with equity
Manner
and govern the people
and guide the nations
Ground #2
living on earth. (Selah)
upon earth.
Context
Call to Praise #2 - God provides food (crops)
Let the nations thank you,
Let the peoples praise you,
O God!
O God;
Let all the nations thank you!
let all the peoples praise you!
The earth yields its crops.
The earth has yielded its increase;
Assurance of blessing - so fear him
May God, ... bless us!
God, ... shall bless us.
our God,
our God,
May God bless us!
God shall bless us;
Then all the ends ... will give him the honor
let all the ends ... fear him!
Result
of the earth
of the earth
he deserves.
"give him the honor he deserves" (NET)
The Priestly Blessing (Num 6:22-27) 22 The Lord said to Moses, 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: 24 “‘“The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”’ 27 “So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
Psalm Intro For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song.
The flow of logic appears to be: v1 - God is gracious to us, blesses us, and shines upon us v2 - SO THAT he may be known among the nations v3-7 - We are so overwhelmed by God's awesomeness from v1 that we fulfil v2 by calling all of creation to praise God: Because he rules and guides with equity Becuase he provides food (and all care) Because he deserves honor (to be feared) My praise of God, and my calling others to praise God, is only a response to God's gracious act of blessing me and making his face shine upon me. God is the initiator, I am the respondent.
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