“God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.”
The final affirmation that God will bless and all the ends of the earth will fear God closes the psalm with the vision of God's blessing extending to the entire world and resulting in universal recognition of divine power. The reference to fear indicates reverential awe; the ends of the earth will acknowledge God's supremacy. This verse closes the psalm with the eschatological vision toward which it has aimed: all creation recognizing and fearing God.
Church Fathers on Psalms 67:7
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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