Bless Us and Shine
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.
A short harvest blessing turned outward. The people ask our Father for grace and a shining face on themselves so that his ways become known everywhere, and they repeat one request twice: let the peoples — all of them — praise him and be glad.
67 1May our Father be gracious to us and bless us, and make his face shine upon us, a a v1 Selah: a musical or liturgical pause marker; its precise meaning is uncertain. 2that your ways may be known on the earth, your salvation among all nations. 3Let the peoples praise you, our Father; let all the peoples praise you. 4Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with justice and guide the nations on the earth.
5Let the peoples praise you, our Father; let all the peoples praise you. 6The earth has yielded its harvest; our Father, our own Father, blesses us. 7May our Father bless us, and let all the ends of the earth fear him.
