Psalm 67 of The Otter Creek ESV Psalter

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The Otter Creek ESV Psalter is being written by an elder of Whiting Community Church in Whiting, Vermont, and is being distributed solely under the terms of a license agreement between Whiting Community Church and Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation.

The Otter Creek flows past several western Vermont churches determined to proclaim Biblical doctrines of grace, including the sponsors of the annual Rediscovering the Reformation Conference.

Psalm 67

Make Your Face Shine upon Us

(To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.)

1	►︎May ⭎︎God be gracious to us and ⭎︎bless ⭎︎us
		⭏︎and ⭎︎make his face to shine up⭎︎on ⭏︎us, (Selah)
2	⭏︎that ⭎︎your way may be known ⭎︎on ⭎︎earth,
		⭏︎your ⭎︎saving power among all ⭎︎na⭏︎tions.◄︎
3	►︎Let the ⭎︎peoples praise you, ⭎︎O ⭎︎God;
		⭏︎let ⭎︎all the peoples ⭏︎praise ⭏︎you!◄︎

4	►︎Let the ⭎︎nations be glad and sing ⭎︎for ⭏︎joy,
		⭏︎for ⭎︎you judge the peoples with e⭎︎qui⭏︎ty
		⭏︎and ⭎︎guide the nations up⭎︎on ⭏︎earth.◄︎ (Selah)
5	►︎Let the ⭎︎peoples praise you, ⭎︎O ⭎︎God;
		⭏︎let ⭎︎all the peoples ⭏︎praise ⭏︎you!◄︎

6	►︎The ⭎︎earth has yielded its ⭎︎in⭎︎crease;
		⭏︎God, our ⭎︎God, shall ⭎︎bless ⭏︎us.
7	⭏︎God ⭎︎shall ⭎︎bless ⭎︎us;
		⭏︎let ⭎︎all the ends of the earth ⭎︎fear ⭏︎him!◄︎

ESV

"( )" marks ESV Text which is not sung. "►︎" and "◄︎" mark the beginning and end of a chanted section, "⭎︎" and "⭏︎" mark higher and lower tones, and "→︎" marks the same tone.

Psalm 67 Materials

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As sung on January 25, 2021, by members of the following churches:
Whiting Community Church - Paul Swift; The Bronx Household of Faith - Peter and Christiana Swift:

Musical accompaniment only:

(This recording should not be used during public singing of Psalm 67, since the lengths of chanted tones do not match those which will occur when sung at the pace of public recitation. After becoming familiar with the direction of the chanted lines, singing them without this recording will help you gauge how it should sound in a live setting.)

Master Sheet Music

Lyrics for Projection/Inserts

Commentaries (not associated with this site)

John Calvin's Commentary on Psalms

Charles Spurgeon's Treasury of David