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Psalms 67:6
6The earth has yielded its harvest [as evidence of His approval]; God, our God, blesses us.
Psalms 67:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
- New International Version (NIV)The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall bless us.
Context of Psalms 67:6
4Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, For You will judge the people fairly And guide the nations on earth. Selah. 5Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. The earth has yielded its harvest [as evidence of His approval]; God, our God, blesses us. 7God blesses us, And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].
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אֶ֭רֶץ נָתְנָ֣ה יְבוּלָ֑הּ יְ֝בָרְכֵ֗נוּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 67:6
- Psalms 85:9Surely His salvation is near to those who [reverently] fear Him [and obey Him with submissive wonder], That glory [the manifest presence of God] may dwell in our land.
- Leviticus 26:4then I will give you rain in its season, and the land will yield her produce and the trees of the field bear their fruit.
- Isaiah 1:19If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the best of the land;
- Isaiah 30:23Then He will give you rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread [grain] from the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and plentiful. In that day your livestock will graze in large and roomy pastures.
- Ezekiel 34:26I will make them and the places around My hill (Jerusalem, Zion) a blessing. And I will make showers come down in their season; there will be [abundant] showers of blessing (divine favor).
- Hosea 2:21“It will come about in that day that I will respond,” says the Lord. “I will respond to the heavens [which ask for rain to pour on the earth], and they will respond to the earth [which begs for the rain],
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was causing the growth.
- Psalms 48:14For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even until death.
- Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
- Exodus 3:15Then God also said to Moses, “This is what you shall say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob (Israel), has sent me to you.’ This is My Name forever, and this is My memorial [name] to all generations.
- Jeremiah 31:1“At that time,” says the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”
Commentaries on Psalms 67:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The earth yield her increase - As the ground was cursed for the sin of man, and the curse was to be removed by Jesus Christ, the fertility of the ground should be influenced by the preaching of the Gospel; for as the people's minds would become enlightened by the truth, they would, in consequence, become capable of making the most beneficial discoveries in arts and sciences, and there should be an especial blessing on the toil of the pious husbandman…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Then shall the earth yield her increase - The word rendered “increase” - יבול yebûl - means properly produce, or that which the earth produces when properly cultivated. It is rendered “increase,” as here, in Leviticus 26:4, Leviticus 26:20; Deuteronomy 32:22; Judges 6:4; Job 20:28; Psalm 78:46; Psalm 85:12; Ezekiel 34:27; Zechariah 8:12; and fruit, in Deuteronomy 11:17; Habakkuk 3:17; Haggai 1:10. It does not elsewhere cccur. The Hebrew verb here is in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Large harvests show God’s blessing (Genesis 26:12; Isaiah 30:23). all the ends of the earth: See Psalms 2:8; 96:1–3. People from every nation will join Israel in acknowledging the God of Israel.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. The blessings of a fruitful harvest are mentioned as types of greater and spiritual blessings, under which all nations shall fear and love God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 67
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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