Psalm 67:3-4 New English Translation
3 Let the nations thank you, O God.
Let all the nations thank you.[a]
4 Let foreigners[b] rejoice and celebrate.
For you execute justice among the nations,
and govern the people living on earth.[c] (Selah)
Footnotes
- Psalm 67:3 tn Heb “let the nations, all of them, thank you.” The prefixed verbal forms in vv. 3-4a are understood as jussives in this call to praise.
- Psalm 67:4 tn Or “peoples.”
- Psalm 67:4 tn Heb “for you judge nations fairly, and [as for the] peoples in the earth, you lead them.” The imperfects are translated with the present tense because the statement is understood as a generalization about God’s providential control of the world. Another option is to understand the statement as anticipating God’s future rule (“for you will rule…and govern”).
New English Translation (NET)
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