“Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.”
The affirmation that the earth has yielded its increase articulates that blessing is manifest in material fertility and abundance. The reference to God blessing the people indicates that divine blessing has been effectual: the community has experienced fruitfulness. This verse grounds the petition in the concrete experience of material blessing and agricultural success.
Church Fathers on Psalms 67:6
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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