Psalms 67:2
in Psalms 67that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
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ASV
That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy salvation among all nations.
KJV
That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
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This verse in Psalms 67
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThat thy way may be known upon earth. As showers which first fall upon the hills afterwards run down in streams into the valleys, so the blessing of the Most High comes upon the world through the church. We are blessed for the sake of others as well as ourselves. God deals in a way of mercy with his saints, and then they make that way known far and wide, and the Lord's name is made famous in the earth.
This site's exposition
cause His face to shine upon us
on Psalms 67:1-3
Verse 1 reworks the priestly blessing of Numbers 6:24 to 26. Aaron said it in the singular; this psalm asks it in the plural, for the whole congregation. Verse 2 gives the reason: God's ways known on earth and His salvation among all nations.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thy way - The way of truth, or the true religion; the same which in the next clause is called his saving health, and both together signify the way of salvation; deal so graciously with thy people, that thereby the Gentile-world may at last be allured to join with them.
(2.) As a prophecy that it shall be as he here prays. Many scripture-prophecies and promises are wrapped up in prayers, to intimate that the answer of the church's prayer is as sure as the performance of God's promises. Three things are here prayed for, with reference to the Gentiles:-- (1.) That divine revelation might be sent among them,
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
He will cause His countenance to shine To show a laughing countenance, to give dew and rain.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
That Your way should be known on earth To make known that Your trait is to benefit Your people, and because of this, kingdoms will rejoice and sing praises.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָדַ֣עַת | ladaat | to know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| בָּאָ֣רֶץ | baaretz | on the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ | darkekha | way your | H1870 → | 707 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | among all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| גּ֝וֹיִ֗ם | goyim | nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| יְשׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃ | yeshuatekha | salvation your | H3444 → | 78 times |
לָדַ֣עַתto know
ladaatH3045 →945 times
בָּאָ֣רֶץon the earth
baaretzH776 →2504 times
דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָway your
darkekhaH1870 →707 times
בְּכָל־among all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
גּ֝וֹיִ֗םnations
goyimH1471 →561 times
יְשׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃salvation your
yeshuatekhaH3444 →78 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Titus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
it leads to
- Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- 1 Timothy 2:4
who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- Isaiah 45:22
Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death…
- Ephesians 2:5
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
- Ephesians 2:8
Through
Luke 3:6And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
it leads to
- Isaiah 52:10
The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
- Isaiah 40:5
And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
- Isaiah 52:10
Through
Isaiah 52:10The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
it leads to
- Luke 3:6
And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
- Luke 3:6
About Psalms
This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.