Mazmur 67:4

67:4 Let foreigners ¹  rejoice and celebrate!

For you execute justice among the nations,

and govern the people living on earth. ²  (Selah)

Mazmur 96:10

96:10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!

The world is established, it cannot be moved.

He judges the nations fairly.”

[67:4]  ¹ tn Or “peoples.”

[67:4]  ² tn Heb “for you judge nations fairly, and [as for the] peoples in the earth, you lead them.” The imperfects are translated with the present tense because the statement is understood as a generalization about God’s providential control of the world. Another option is to understand the statement as anticipating God’s future rule (“for you will rule…and govern”).