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Psalms 67:5

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May the nations praise you, O God. Yes, may all the nations praise you.
Psalms 67:5 · New Living Translation
Parallel translations
  • WEB Let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.
  • KJV Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
  • BSB Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.
  • NKJV Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You.
  • NASB May the peoples praise You, God; May all the peoples praise You.

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Quick answer

Again, let the peoples praise God, let all peoples praise Him. It repeats the call for all peoples to worship.

Overview

This refrain repeats the central prayer that all peoples would praise God, framing the psalm. The repetition emphasizes the urgency and centrality of worldwide worship. The repeated call points to the certain future when all nations will glorify God through Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

  • Ps 67:3let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.
  • Matt 6:9–10Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Resources, by level

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 67:5YouTube · Lay · Free

    Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.

  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 67:5 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Let the peopleעַםpraiseיָדָהthee, O Godאֱלֹהִיםlet all the peopleעַםpraiseיָדָה
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