67:5 Let the nations thank you, O God!
Let all the nations thank you! 1
67:6 The earth yields its crops.
May God, our God, bless us!
67:7 May God bless us! 2
Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves. 3
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.
2 tn The prefixed verb forms in vv. 6b-7a are understood as jussives.
3 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.”