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Psalms 67:6
6The land yields its harvest; 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then the earth will yield its harvests, and God, our God, will richly bless us.
Context of Psalms 67:6
4May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth. 5May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you. The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us. 7May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will 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 those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.
- Leviticus 26:4I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.
- Isaiah 1:19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land;
- Isaiah 30:23He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.
- Ezekiel 34:26I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.
- Hosea 2:21“In that day I will respond,” declares the Lord— “I will respond to the skies, and they will respond to the earth;
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.
- Psalms 48:14For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
- Genesis 17:7I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Exodus 3:15God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘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, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.
- Jeremiah 31:1“At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will 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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