Mazmur 67:1

Psalm 67 ¹ 

For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song.

67:1 May God show us his favor ²  and bless us! ³ 

May he smile on us! ⁴  (Selah)

Mazmur 67:6-7

67:6 The earth yields its crops.

May God, our God, bless us!

67:7 May God bless us! ⁵ 

Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves. ⁶ 

Mazmur 115:12-13

115:12 The Lord takes notice of us, ⁷  he will bless ⁸  –

he will bless the family ⁹  of Israel,

he will bless the family of Aaron.

115:13 He will bless his loyal followers, ¹⁰ 

both young and old. ¹¹ 

[67:1]  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.

[67:1]  ² tn Or “have mercy on us.”

[67:1]  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.

[67:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “may he cause his face to shine with us.”

[67:7]  ⁵ tn The prefixed verb forms in vv. 6b-7a are understood as jussives.

[67:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “will fear him.” After the jussive of the preceding line, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive is understood as indicating purpose/result. (Note how v. 3 anticipates the universal impact of God showing his people blessing.) Another option is to take the verb as a jussive and translate, “Let all the ends of the earth fear him.”

[115:12]  ⁷ tn Or “remembers us.”

[115:12]  ⁸ tn Another option is to translate the prefixed form of the verb “bless” in vv. 12-13 as a jussive, “may he bless” (see v. 14).

[115:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[115:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the fearers of the Lord.”

[115:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the small along with the great.” The translation assumes that “small” and “great” here refer to age (see 2 Chr 15:13). Another option is to translate “both the insignificant and the prominent” (see Job 3:19; cf. NEB “high and low alike”).