Proverbia 67:1

Nova Vulgata

Magistro chori. Fidibus. PSALMUS. Canticum. [67:2] Deus misereatur nostri et benedicat nobis; illuminet vultum suum super nos,

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
In finem. Psalmus cantici ipsi David.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
In finem. Psalmus cantici ipsi David.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

God: Numbers 6:24-27, Deuteronomy 21:8, 2 Corinthians 13:14

bless us: Psalms 28:9, Ephesians 1:3

cause: Psalms 4:6, Psalms 31:16, Psalms 80:1-3, Psalms 80:7, Psalms 80:19, Psalms 119:135, 2 Corinthians 4:6

upon us: Heb. with us

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:26 - thou bless Numbers 6:25 - The Lord 1 Kings 18:36 - let it 2 Kings 19:19 - O Lord 1 Chronicles 16:11 - seek his Job 33:26 - and he shall Psalms 4:1 - Neginoth Psalms 35:18 - praise Psalms 80:3 - cause Isaiah 12:1 - O Lord Isaiah 37:20 - that all Isaiah 60:3 - the Gentiles Isaiah 64:2 - to make Jeremiah 31:7 - Sing Daniel 2:35 - and filled Daniel 9:17 - cause Habakkuk 2:14 - the earth Habakkuk 3:19 - stringed instruments Zechariah 8:20 - there Malachi 4:2 - the Sun Mark 16:15 - into Luke 2:10 - to John 7:35 - teach Acts 15:17 - the residue 1 Timothy 2:1 - supplications

Gill's Notes on the Bible

God be merciful unto us, and bless us,.... That is, God, of his unmerited mercy, of his rich grace and free favour, bless us with the coming of his Son, the promised seed, in whom all nations are to be blessed; and with the blessings of peace, pardon, and righteousness in him; all which with him spring from the tender mercy of God, the riches of his grace, and his great love; than which nothing could be more desirable to the Old Testament saints, who were shut up under the law, until faith came; and though children, they differed nothing from servants, being in a state and under a spirit of bondage: for the psalmist seems to represent the whole church under that dispensation: some understand the words as a prophecy, expressing the certainty of what would be; and, as the words may be rendered, "God will be merciful", or "gracious to us k, and he will bless us"; as he has promised to do;

[and] cause his face to shine upon us; that is, grant his gracious presence, and the discoveries of his love; that he would favour with communion with himself through Christ, and a greater knowledge of him in him; or that he would cause him, who is his face, his image, the brightness of his glory, to appear and shine forth; the great light, the sun of righteousness, and dayspring from on high, that was to arise and shine upon the people of God. The Targum is,

"and cause the splendour of his face to shine with us always;''

there seems to be some reference to the high priest's form of blessing in Numbers 6:24.

Selah; on this word, Numbers 6:24- :.

k יחננו "miserebitur", Gejerus, Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God be merciful unto us, and bless us - There is, perhaps (as Prof. Alexander suggests), an allusion, in the language used here, to the sacerdotal benediction in Numbers 6:24-26 : “The Lord bless thee, and keep thee; the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.” The prayer is that God would bestow upon his people the blessing implied in the form of benediction which he had directed the ministers of his religion to use. The first cry is, of course, for mercy or favor. The beginning of all blessings to mankind is the favor or mercy of God. There is no higher blessing than his favor; there is none that comes from him which should not be regarded as mercy.

And cause his face to shine upon us - Margin, With us. That is, among us. It is an invocation of his presence and favor. On the phrase “cause his face to shine,” see the notes at Psalms 4:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

PSALM LXVII

The psalmist prays for the enlargement of God's kingdom, 1, 2;

calls upon all nations to serve him, because he judges and

governs righteously, 3-5;

promises prosperity to the faithful and obedient, 6, 7.

NOTES ON PSALM LXVII

The title here is the same with that of Psalm iv., where see the notes. Psalms 4:1. It is supposed to have been written at the return from the Babylonish captivity, and to foretell the conversion of the Gentiles to the Christian religion. The prayer for their salvation is very energetic.

Verse Psalms 67:1. God be merciful unto us — Show the Jewish people thy mercy, bless them in their bodies and souls and give a full evidence of thy approbation. This is nearly the same form of blessing as that used Numbers 6:25, where see the notes. Numbers 6:25.