Psalmen 67 · Scripture Insight Network

1Een psalm, een lied, voor den opperzangmeester, op de Neginoth.💬

2God zij ons genadig en zegene ons; Hij doe Zijn aanschijn aan ons lichten. Sela.

3Opdat men op de aarde Uw weg kenne, onder alle heidenen Uw heil.

4De volken zullen U, o God! loven; de volken, altemaal, zullen U loven.

5De natien zullen zich verblijden en juichen, omdat Gij de volken zult richten in rechtmatigheid; en de natien op de aarde die zult Gij leiden. Sela.

6De volken zullen U, o God! loven; de volken, altemaal, zullen U loven.

7De aarde geeft haar gewas; God, onze God, zal ons zegenen. God zal ons zegenen; en alle einden der aarde zullen Hem vrezen.

Commentaar (2)

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Psalmen 67

Psalms 67

Matthew HenryENDevotioneel

Gereformeerd

This psalm relates to the church and is calculated for the public. Here is, I. A prayer for the prosperity of the church of Israel (Psa 67:1). II. A prayer for the conversion of the Gentiles and the bringing of them into the church (Psa 67:2-5). III. A prospect of happy and glorious times when God shall do this (Psa 67:6, Psa 67:7). Thus was the psalmist carried out by the spirit of prophecy to foretel the glorious estate of the Christian church, in which Jews and Gentiles should unite in one flock, the beginning of which blessed work ought to be the matter of our joy and praise, and the completing of it of our prayer and hope, in singing this psalm. To the chief musician on Neginoth. A psalm or song.

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Psalmen 67:1

Psalms 67:1

Matthew HenryENDevotioneel

Gereformeerd

The composition of this psalm is such as denotes the penman's affections to have been very warm and lively, by which spirit of devotion he was elevated to receive the spirit of prophecy concerning the enlargement of God's kingdom. I. He begins with a prayer for the welfare and prosperity of the church then in being, in the happiness of which he should share, and think himself happy, Psa 67:1. Our Saviour, in teaching us to say, Our Father, has intimated th…