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Psalms 67:6
The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist makes a declarative statement to the gathered community, situated between a call for the nations to praise God and a promise that this blessing will compel the ends of the earth to fear Him.
The words — The Hebrew verb נָתְנָה (na.te.Nah) literally renders "it yields" or "gives," directly linked to יְבוּלָהּ (ye.vu.lah) for "its produce," while the phrase יְבָרְכֵנוּ אֱלֹהֵינוּ (ye.va.re.kenu 'e.lo.heinu) states "he will bless us, God our God."
The thread — The text grounds this harvest declaration in the covenant pattern found in Leviticus 26:4, where God promises the land will yield its produce, and connects it to the patriarchal framework established in Exodus 3:15 and Genesis 17:7.
Why it lands — The verse first asserts that divine blessing manifests as tangible agricultural provision before requiring the reader to attribute communal sustenance directly to God's active intervention rather than natural cycles alone.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 26:4 I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
- Exodus 3:15 God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
- Genesis 17:7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Psalms 85:9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.
- Isaiah 30:23 Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
- Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Ezekiel 34:26 I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.
- Hosea 2:21 “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.
- Psalms 48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
- Isaiah 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.