1 Ziv / Iyyar 31 AD
One Jewish tradition during their counting of the omer, is to sing Psalm 67, each night at evening. They see this Psalm as a harvest thanksgiving song, they saw a good harvest as a fulfillment of their covenant with the Lord. Today we can sing it as a praise song for our salvation!
Psalm 67 For the choir director; with stringed instruments.
A Psalm. A Song.
God be gracious to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us– Selah.
That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations.
Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with uprightness And guide the nations on the earth. Selah.
Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You.
The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us.
God blesses us, That all the ends of the earth may fear Him.
There are seven stanzas: twice three two-line stanzas, having one of three lines in the middle, which forms the clasp or spangle of the septiad, a circumstance which is strikingly appropriate to the fact that this Psalm is called “the Old Testament Paternoster” in some of the old expositors. The second half after the three-line stanza beings in Ps 67:6 exactly as the first closed in Ps 67:4. is repeated three times, in order that the whole may bear the impress of the blessing of the priest, which is threefold. K&D
