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God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
Psalms 67:7 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him.
  • KJV God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
  • NKJV God shall bless us, And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
  • NASB God blesses us, So that all the ends of the earth may fear Him.
  • NLT Yes, God will bless us, and people all over the world will fear him.

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Quick answer

God will bless us so that all the ends of the earth will fear Him. It ties God's blessing to the reverence of the whole world.

Overview

The psalm closes by affirming that God's blessing on His people has the goal that all the earth will fear Him. Blessing is given for a worldwide, God-glorifying end. This is realized as the gospel of Christ spreads, bringing people everywhere to reverence God.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 20

  • Ps 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
  • Isa 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  • Acts 13:26Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
  • Ps 65:5With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
  • Rev 15:4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
  • Gen 12:2–3I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
  • Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
  • Mal 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Ps 29:11The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
  • Acts 2:28You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
  • Isa 43:6I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
  • Isa 52:10The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
  • Mal 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
  • Ps 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
  • Mic 5:4He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
  • Zech 9:10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
  • Gal 3:9So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
  • Ps 98:3He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  • Ps 33:8Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him.
  • Gal 3:14He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

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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 67:7 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.

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