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Psalms 67:6
6The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall bless us.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then the earth will yield its harvests, and God, our God, will richly bless us.
Context of Psalms 67:6
4Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah 5Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us. 7God shall bless us; let all the ends of the earth fear him!
Read all of Psalms 67Psalms 67:6 word by word
אֶ֭רֶץ נָתְנָ֣ה יְבוּלָ֑הּ יְ֝בָרְכֵ֗נוּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 67:6
- Psalms 85:9Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
- Leviticus 26:4then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
- Isaiah 1:19If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
- Isaiah 30:23And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures,
- Ezekiel 34:26And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.
- Hosea 2:21"And in that day I will answer, declares the Lord, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth,
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
- Psalms 48:14that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.
- Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
- Exodus 3:15God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel: 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
- Jeremiah 31:1"At that time, declares the Lord, I will be the God of all the clans 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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