Psalms 67:1

For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song. May God show us his favor ²  and bless us! ³  May he smile on us! ⁴  (Selah)

Nu 6:24-27; De 21:8; Ps 4:1; Ps 4:6; Ps 6:1; Ps 28:9; Ps 31:16; Ps 76:1; Ps 80:1-3,7,19; Ps 119:135; 2Co 4:6; 2Co 13:14; Eph 1:3

¹ sn Psalm 67. The psalmist prays for God’s blessing upon his people and urges the nations to praise him for he is the just ruler of the world.

² tn Or “have mercy on us.”

³ tn The prefixed verbal forms are understood as jussives expressing the psalmist’s prayer. Note the jussive form יָאֵר (ya’er) in the next line.

⁴ tn Heb “may he cause his face to shine with us.”