Psalms 67 · Verse 4

Psalms 67:4

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
Psalms 67:4, King James Version

Psalms 67:4 in other translations

BSBLet the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. Selah
WEBOh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
ASVOh let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For thou wilt judge the peoples with equity, And govern the nations upon earth. [Selah
YLTRejoice and sing do nations, For Thou judgest peoples uprightly, And peoples on earth comfortest. Selah.
DARBYLet the nations rejoice and sing for joy: for thou wilt judge the peoples equitably; and the nations upon earth, thou wilt guide them. Selah.
BBEO let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)
WebsterO let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

What does Psalms 67:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 67:3-5

3-5. Thanks will be rendered for the blessings of His wise and holy government (compare Is 2:3, 4; 11:4).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Glad and sing for joy - They shall be made happy in thy salvation. Even their political state shall be greatly meliorated; for God will be acknowledged the supreme Judge; their laws shall be founded on his word; and the nations of the earth shall be governed according to judgment, justice, and equity. Selah - This is true. There are innumerable facts to confirm it. All the nations who have received the Gospel of Christ have been benefited politically, as well as spiritually, by it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 67:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִֽשְׂמְח֥וּyis.me.Chumay they rejoiceH8055
וִֽירַנְּנ֗וּvi.ra.ne.Nuand they may sing for joyH7442
לְאֻ֫מִּ֥יםle.'U.MimnationsH3816
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
תִשְׁפֹּ֣טtish.Potyou judgeH8199
עַמִּ֣ים'a.MimpeoplesH5971
מִישׁ֑וֹרmi.ShoruprightnessH4334
וּלְאֻמִּ֓ים\׀u.le.'u.Mimand nationsH3816
בָּאָ֖רֶץba.'A.retzon the earthH776
תַּנְחֵ֣םtan.Chemyou guide themH5148
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelahH5542

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 67:4

  • Psalms 98:9

    Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

  • Romans 15:10-11

    And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

  • Psalms 9:8

    And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

  • Isaiah 42:10-12

    Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.

  • Psalms 82:6

    I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

  • Isaiah 24:14-16

    They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea. Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea. From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

  • Psalms 138:4-5

    All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth. Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 55:4

    Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

  • Romans 2:5

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • Genesis 18:25

    That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  • Deuteronomy 32:43

    Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

  • Psalms 96:10-97:1

    Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
O let.
97:1; 138:4,5; De 32:43; Isa 24:14-16; 42:10-12; 54:1; Ro 15:10,11
Ga 4:27
for thou.
9:8; 96:10-13; 98:9; Ge 18:25; Ac 17:31; Ro 2:5
govern. Heb. lead.
2:8; 82:6; Isa 55:4; Re 11:15-17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 67:3

    Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

  • Psalms 67:4

    O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

  • Psalms 67:5

    Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

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Psalms 67:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Alégrense y gócense las gentes; porque juzgarás los pueblos con equidad, y pastorearás las naciones en la tierra. (Selah.)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Que les peuples te célèbrent, ô Dieu! que tous les peuples te célèbrent!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Es werden sich freuen und jubeln die Völkerschaften; denn du wirst die Völker richten in Geradheit, und die Völkerschaften auf der Erde, du wirst sie leiten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et justi epulentur, et exsultent in conspectu Dei, et delectentur in lætitia.