Or it may be taken thus: " God be merciful to us Jews, and bless us, that thereby thy way may be known upon earth, that by the peculiar distinguishing tokens of thy favour to us others may be allured to come and join themselves to us, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you, ". We shall have never the less of God's mercy, and blessing, and favour, for others coming in to share with us. Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come. " Thus public-spirited must we be in our prayers. "Lord, I pray not only that thou wilt be merciful to us and bless us, but that thou wilt be merciful to all mankind, that thy way may be known upon earth. He passes from this to a prayer for the conversion of the Gentiles ( ): That thy way may be known upon earth. If we by faith walk with God, we may hope that his face will shine with us. We need desire no more to make us happy than to have God's face shine upon us, to have God love us, and let us know that he loves us: To shine with us (so the margin reads it) with us doing our endeavour, and let it crown that endeavour with success. That it is completed in the light of his countenance: God cause his face to shine upon us that is, God by his grace qualify us for his favour and then give us the tokens of his favour. God bless us is a comprehensive prayer it is a pity such excellent words should ever be used slightly and carelessly, and as a byword. God's speaking well to us amounts to his doing well for us. That it is conveyed by God's blessing, and secured in that: God bless us that is, give us an interest in his promises, and confer upon us all the good contained in them. That all our happiness comes from God's mercy and takes rise in that and therefore the first thing prayed for is, God be merciful to us, to us sinners, and pardon our sins ( ), to us miserable sinners, and help us out of our miseries. Our Saviour, in teaching us to say, Our Father, has intimated that we ought to pray with and for others so the psalmist here prays not, God be merciful to me, and bless me, but to us, and bless us for we must make supplication for all saints, and be willing and glad to take our lot with them. He begins with a prayer for the welfare and prosperity of the church then in being, in the happiness of which he should share, and think himself happy. The composition of this psalm is such as denotes the penman's affections to have been very warm and lively, by which spirit of devotion he was elevated to receive the spirit of prophecy concerning the enlargement of God's kingdom. 7 God shall bless us and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. 6 Then shall the earth yield her increase and God, even our own God, shall bless us. 5 Let the people praise thee, O God let all the people praise thee. 4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. 3 Let the people praise thee, O God let all the people praise thee. 2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. 1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us and cause his face to shine upon us Selah. Psa 67:3 | MHC | STEP | Prayer for the Prosperity and Extension of the Church Conversion of the Gentiles.
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