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Psalms 67:1 — King James Version← Study notes

God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.


Psalms 67:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 67:14 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֥חlamənaṣēḥ
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
בִּ/נְגִינֹ֗תbinəgiynōt
with stringed instrumentspronH5058
musick · Neginoth · song
מִזְמ֥וֹרmizəmwōr
a psalmnounH4210
שִֽׁירšiyr
a songnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 67:1

1. Your Love remembers, that in two Psalms, which have been already treated of, we have stirred up our soul to bless the Lord, and with godly chant have said, “Bless thou, O my soul, the Lord.” If therefore we have stirred up our soul in those Psalms to bless the Lord, in this Psalm is well said, “May God have pity on us, and bless us” Psalm 66:1. Let our soul bless the Lord, and let God bless us. When God blesses us, we grow, and when we bless the Lord, we grow, to us both…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 67 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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