Text -- Psalms 67:5-7 (NET)

67:5 Let the nations thank you, O God! Let all the nations thank you! 67:6 The earth yields its crops. May God, our God, bless us! 67:7 May God bless us! Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 67:5

¹ tn Heb “let the nations, all of them, thank you.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 5 are understood as jussives in this call to praise.

NET Notes: Psa 67:7

¹ tn The prefixed verb forms in vv. 6b-7a are understood as jussives.

² tn Heb “will fear him.” After the jussive of the preceding line, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive is understood as indicating purpose/result. (Note how v. 3 anticipates the universal impact of God showing his people blessing.) Another option is to take the verb as a jussive and translate, “Let all the ends of the earth fear him.”