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Psalms 67:5

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Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.

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ASV

Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee.

KJV

Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

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This verse in Psalms 67

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 (1872)

These words are no vain repetition, but are a chorus worthy to be sung again and again. The great theme of the psalm is the participation of the Gentiles in the worship of Jehovah; the psalmist is full of it, he hardly knows how to contain or express his joy.

This site's exposition

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy

on Psalms 67:4-5

The nations are told to be glad and sing for joy. The reason given is that God judges the peoples justly, and the verb behind lead is nachah, the word for guiding a flock, which Gill reads as a shepherd leading the nations. Verse 5 repeats the call for all the peoples to praise God.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Homily 6, on Psalm 66 · Written before 420.

proposed

Let the peoples confess to you, O God — he had already said this above, and in this little psalm he repeats these two verses again. For he had said above, "Let the peoples confess to you, O God, let all the peoples confess to you. Let the nations be glad and rejoice," and so on: and now again he repeats these very verses. It is as though the apostles lead the chant for all the nations. "Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say: often have they fought against me from my youth."

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. See Gill on Psa 67:

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Those that delight in praising God themselves cannot but desire that others also may be brought to praise him, that he may have the honour of it and they may have the benefit of it. It is a prayer, [1.] That the gospel might be preached to them, and then they would have cause enough to praise God, as for the day-spring after a long and dark night.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Thanks will be rendered for the blessings of His wise and holy government (compare Isa 2:3, 4; The blessings of a fruitful harvest are mentioned as types of greater and spiritual blessings, under which all nations shall fear and love God.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Let the people praise thee - Seeing the abundance of the blessings which the Gentiles were to receive, he calls again and again upon them to magnify God for such mercies.
1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Let the people praise thee ... - See Psa 67:5. The repetition shows that this was the principal thought in the mind of the author of the psalm. It expresses an earnest - an intense - desire, that all nations should acknowledge God as the true God, and praise him for his mercies.

The words behind it

6 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • יוֹד֖וּךָmay they praise you

    yodukhaH3034 →114 times

  • עַמִּ֥ים׀peoples

    ʾamimH5971 →1873 times

  • אֱלֹהִ֑יםO God

    ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

  • י֝וֹד֗וּךָmay they praise you

    yodukhaH3034 →114 times

  • עַמִּ֥יםpeoples

    ʾamimH5971 →1873 times

  • כֻּלָּֽם׃all of them

    kulamH3605 →5413 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each 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

    Psalms 67:3

    Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 74:21

      Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

    • Psalms 45:17

      I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.

    • Psalms 119:175

      Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.

    • Isaiah 38:18–19

      For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

    • Psalms 142:7

      Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.

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Sower with Setting Sun. Vincent van Gogh, mid July 1888. Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 2025, lot 4. Public domain.
Sower with Setting Sun. Vincent van Gogh, mid July 1888. Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 2025, lot 4. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Homily 6, on Psalm 66; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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