Psalms 67:4

Psalms 67:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy! For You shall judge the people righteously, And govern the nations on earth. Selah

Context of Psalms 67:4

2That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. 3Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. 5Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. 6Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

Psalms 67:4 word by word

יִֽשְׂמְח֥וּ וִֽירַנְּנ֗וּ לְאֻ֫מִּ֥ים כִּֽי־תִשְׁפֹּ֣ט עַמִּ֣ים מִישׁ֑וֹר וּלְאֻמִּ֓ים׀ בָּאָ֖רֶץ תַּנְחֵ֣ם סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

• O let the nationsלְאֹםle'ôm le'ôm · peopleH3816
• be gladשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• and sing for joyרָנַןrânan · to singH7442
• for thou shalt judgeשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• righteouslyמִישׁוֹרmîyshôr mîyshôr · plainH4334
• and governנָחָהnâchâh · to leadH5148
• upon earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 67:4

• Psalms 97:1Yhwh reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
• Psalms 138:4All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Yhwh, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
• Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
• Isaiah 24:14They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of Yhwh, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
• Isaiah 42:10Sing unto Yhwh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
• Isaiah 54:1Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Yhwh.
• Romans 15:10And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
• Galatians 4:27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
• Psalms 9:8And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
• Psalms 96:10Say among the heathen that Yhwh reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
• Psalms 98:9Before Yhwh; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
• Genesis 18:25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
• Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
• Romans 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Psalms 2:8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
• Psalms 82:6I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

Commentaries on Psalms 67:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Glad and sing for joy - They shall be made happy in thy salvation. Even their political state shall be greatly meliorated; for God will be acknowledged the supreme Judge; their laws shall be founded on his word; and the nations of the earth shall be governed according to judgment, justice, and equity. Selah - This is true. There are innumerable facts to confirm it. All the nations who have received the Gospel of Christ have been benefited politically, as…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4O let the nations be qlad, and sing for joy - All the nations of the earth. Let them all be made acquainted with thee; with thy character; with the principles of thy govermnent; with the methods by which thou dost bestow thy favors, that they all may be made glad. These things pertain to them all. The knowledge of these things would convey inestimable blessings to them all, and fill all their hearts with joy. Nothing would, in fact, diffuse so much…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4God delivers the ultimate justice that people seek (Psalms 96:10; 98:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. Thanks will be rendered for the blessings of His wise and holy government (compare Is 2:3, 4; 11:4).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