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This psalm relates to the church and is calculated for the public. Here is, I. A prayer for the prosperity of the church of Israel, Ps 67:1. II. A prayer for the conversion of the Gentiles and the bringing of them into the church, Ps 67:2-5. III. A prospect of happy and glorious times when God shall do this, Ps 67:6,7. Thus was the psalmist carried out by the spirit of prophecy to foretel the glorious estate of the Christian church, in which Jews and Gentiles should unite in one flock, the beginning of which blessed work ought to be the matter of our joy and praise, and the completing of it of our prayer and hope, in singing this psalm.
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Prayer for the Prosperity and Extension of the Church; Conversion of the Gentiles
为教会的兴盛与扩展祷告；外邦人的归信
用丝弦的乐器，诗或歌，交与伶长。
¹ 愿神怜悯我们，赐福与我们，用脸光照我们；（细拉）
² 好叫你的道路在地上得知，你的救恩在万民中传开。
³ 神啊，愿列邦称赞你，愿万民都称赞你。
⁴ 愿万国都快乐欢呼，因为你必按公正审判万民，引导世上的万国。（细拉）
⁵ 神啊，愿列邦称赞你，愿万民都称赞你。
⁶ 地已经出了土产；神，就是我们的神，要赐福与我们。
⁷ 神要赐福与我们；地的四极都要敬畏他。
本诗的结构表明作者的情感极为热烈活泼；藉着这敬虔之灵，他被提升领受了关于神国度扩张的预言之灵。
一、他首先为当时存有的教会的福祉与兴盛祷告——他也在这兴盛中有分，并以之为乐（诗67:1）。我们的救主教导我们说我们在天上的父，已暗示我们应当与他人一同祷告、也为他人祷告；所以诗人此处不求"神怜悯我，赐福与我"，而是求怜悯我们、赐福与我们；因为我们当为众圣徒祈求，并乐意与他们的分有份。此处我们被教导：1. 我们一切的幸福都来自神的怜悯，并以怜悯为源；所以所求的第一件事便是：神怜悯我们——怜悯我们这些罪人，赦免我们的罪（路18:13）；怜悯我们这些可怜的罪人，救我们脱离苦境。2. 这幸福是藉着神的赐福而传送，并在此中得以稳固：神赐福我们——即赐我们在他应许中有分，并把其中所含的一切美善赐给我们。神对我们说好话，就等于他向我们行好事。神赐福我们是一个涵盖广大的祷告；可惜这样卓越的话，竟常被人轻忽漫不经心地用作口头禅。3. 这幸福是成全于他脸面的光中：神用脸光照我们——即神藉他的恩典使我们有资格得他的恩惠，然后又赐我们他恩惠的凭据。要使我们快乐，我们所需要的，无非是神的脸光照我们，是神爱我们、又让我们知道他爱我们。与我们同光（旁注如此译）；与我们同——我们尽上当尽的本分，让这本分蒙成功的冠冕。我们若凭信与神同行，便可指望他的脸与我们同光。
二、他由此转入为外邦人归信的祷告（诗67:2）：好叫你的道路在地上得知。"主啊，我不仅求你怜悯我们、赐福我们，更求你怜悯全人类，好叫你的道路在地上得知。"我们在祷告中当如此有公益之灵：我们在天上的父，愿人都尊你的名为圣，愿你的国降临。别人来与我们同分神的怜悯、赐福与恩惠，我们并不会因此少得。或可如此理解："神怜悯我们犹太人，赐福我们，好叫你的道路在地上因此得知——藉着你向我们施恩的特殊明显凭据，别人就被吸引来与我们联结，说：我们要与你们同去，因为我们听见神与你们同在了"（亚8:23）。
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这些指向外邦人归信的经文，可视为：（1）祷告；如此表达了旧约圣徒的愿望——他们绝非愿意独占教会的特权，反倒最盼望拆掉围墙，开放这一切益处。请看基督与其使徒时代犹太人的灵，与他们列祖的灵何等不同。古时的以色列人确实盼望神的名在外邦中被认识；那些假犹太人却因福音传给外邦人而暴怒；基督教中最惹他们恼怒的，莫过于此事。（2）预言——必如他所求的那样成就。许多经文的预言与应许都包在祷告里，为要表明教会祷告的蒙允，与神应许的成就一样确实。
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此处关于外邦人有三件事被求——
（1）愿神圣的启示临到他们中间（诗67:2）。他愿在地上——甚至在万民中，而非仅犹太民族中——有两件事被人认识：〔1〕神的道路，即当尽本分的准则："愿他们都像我们一样知道何为善，耶和华我们神向他们所要的是什么；愿他们得着我们民族所引以为荣、邻邦所羡慕的同样公义的律例典章"（申4:8）。〔2〕他的拯救（saving health，或作救恩）。前者包在律法里，后者包在福音里。神若将他的道路向我们显明，我们行在其中，他必将他的拯救向我们显明（诗50:23）。那些亲身体验过神话语之甘美、他救恩之安慰的人，不能不渴望并祈求别人也认识它们——甚至在万民之中。地上一切的人都当行在神的道中，一切人都需要他的救恩，其中也足备一切人所需；所以我们当祷告，使这两者都被显明给一切人。
（2）愿神圣的敬拜在他们中间被建立——启示一被领受，敬拜便随之而立（诗67:3）：神啊，愿列邦称赞你！愿他们有可称赞的事由，愿他们有称赞的心；不，不仅一些人，更愿万民都称赞你——万民以各自的国民身份，万民中都有人如此。这话又重复一次（诗67:5），可见诗人的心极其注重此事。自己乐于赞美神的人，不能不渴望别人也被带来赞美他——使他得着其中的尊荣，他们也得着其中的益处。这祷告是求：〔1〕福音传给他们，那时他们就有足够的理由赞美神，如同漫长的黑夜之后的晨光。太阳已经升起（徒8:8）。〔2〕他们归信被带入教会，那时他们就有赞美神的心——赞美那又真又活的神，而非他们曾敬拜的哑巴粪堆般的偶像（但5:4）。那时他们对神的硬心便被止息，他们在福音的镜中看见他是爱本身，是赞美的合宜对象。〔3〕他们被纳入严肃的会众之中，并可以整体来赞美神，使他们都同心一口地赞美他。如此，当神被公开承认，当宗教敬拜的礼仪在宗教聚会中被正当举行时，地上就有了信仰的面貌。
（3）愿神的治理被人承认并甘心顺服（诗67:4）：愿万国都快乐，欢呼！圣洁的喜乐——在神里、在他名里的喜乐，是感恩赞美的灵魂与核心。愿万民都称赞你，愿万国快乐。那些靠主常常喜乐的人，必在凡事上谢恩。他愿万国所得的喜乐是圣洁的喜乐；因为这喜乐是因神的掌权而有的喜乐——是因神执掌大权作王了而喜乐；未归信的外邦却为此发怒（启11:17-18）。愿他们快乐：〔1〕因国度是属耶和华的（诗22:28），因他作为至高的主将统管地上的列国——他必以他护理的国度按自己旨意的筹算掌管列国的事务，纵然他们既不认识他也不承认他；又必在所定之时藉着他福音的传讲使万民作门徒（太28:19），并在魔鬼国度废墟之上在他们中间建立他恩典的国度——他必使他民在他有能的日子甘心乐意，甚至这世上的国要成了我主和主基督的国。〔2〕因各人的判断都从主而出。"愿他们快乐，因为你必按公正审判万民——必赐下律法与福音，作为公义的判断准则，并照那准则对全人类下无误的判语，对此无人可挑"。愿我们都快乐，因我们不必彼此相断，那断定我们的是主，他的判断我们确知是按真理。
三、他以神行了这事、列国归信被带来赞美神之时一切美善的喜乐展望作为结语。
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在下的世界要向他们微笑，他们也要享其果实（诗67:6）：地已经出了土产。这并非说神在万民坐在黑暗中时不曾赐他们从天降雨和丰年（徒14:17）；而是当他们归信之后，地才向神出了土产；那时饮食才成为献给耶和华我们神的素祭和奠祭（珥2:14）；那时才真正有所丰收。那时地出产比从前更丰盛，叫人得安慰——他们因基督而得以在圣约上有分，享受其中的果子，并得其成圣之用。当知：福音的成功有时也带来外在的怜悯；公义使邦国高举。参赛4:2、62:9。
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在上的世界要向他们微笑，他们也要享其恩惠——这是更好的事：神，就是我们的神，要赐福与我们（诗67:6）。又说（诗67:7）：神要赐福与我们。当知：（1）世上有一群人，可以凭正当理由称神为他们的神。（2）信徒有理由以他们与神的关系、并他们在他里面所得的分为荣。此处带着得胜的语气说出来：神，就是我们的神。（3）那些凭恩典称神为自己神的人，可以谦卑地确信从他得着赐福。他若是我们的神，必以特殊的福赐福我们。（4）神的赐福——作为我们圣约之分的——是使一切受造之安慰对我们甘甜、使它们真成为安慰的那位；当我们蒙神、就是我们的神赐福时，地的出产才真成为怜悯。
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全世界要因此被带来效法他们：地的四极都要敬畏他——即敬拜他，而当以敬虔的敬畏行之。神所赐的福，召唤我们不仅爱他，更要敬畏他——保持对他崇高的意念，并畏惧得罪他。当福音开始广传，它必越照越明，直到地的四极。藏在面里的面酵必要扩散，直到全团都发起来。那些被带入教会的人所承认领受的诸多福分，也吸引别人与他们联结。与那蒙主赐福的人同抛命运，本是美事。
英文原文
Prayer for the Prosperity and Extension of the Church; Conversion of the Gentiles
To the chief musician on Neginoth. A psalm or song.
¹ God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
² That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
³ Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
⁴ O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
⁵ Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
⁶ Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
⁷ God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
The composition of this psalm is such as denotes the penman's affections to have been very warm and lively, by which spirit of devotion he was elevated to receive the spirit of prophecy concerning the enlargement of God's kingdom.
I. He begins with a prayer for the welfare and prosperity of the church then in being, in the happiness of which he should share, and think himself happy, Ps 67:1. Our Saviour, in teaching us to say, Our Father, has intimated that we ought to pray with and for others; so the psalmist here prays not, God be merciful to me, and bless me, but to us, and bless us; for we must make supplication for all saints, and be willing and glad to take our lot with them. We are here taught, 1. That all our happiness comes from God's mercy and takes rise in that; and therefore the first thing prayed for is, God be merciful to us, to us sinners, and pardon our sins (Lu 18:13), to us miserable sinners, and help us out of our miseries. 2. That it is conveyed by God's blessing, and secured in that: God bless us; that is, give us an interest in his promises, and confer upon us all the good contained in them. God's speaking well to us amounts to his doing well for us. God bless us is a comprehensive prayer; it is a pity such excellent words should ever be used slightly and carelessly, and as a byword. 3. That it is completed in the light of his countenance: God cause his face to shine upon us; that is, God by his grace qualify us for his favour and then give us the tokens of his favour. We need desire no more to make us happy than to have God's face shine upon us, to have God love us, and let us know that he loves us: To shine with us (so the margin reads it); with us doing our endeavour, and let it crown that endeavour with success. If we by faith walk with God, we may hope that his face will shine with us.
II. He passes from this to a prayer for the conversion of the Gentiles (Ps 67:2): That thy way may be known upon earth. "Lord, I pray not only that thou wilt be merciful to us and bless us, but that thou wilt be merciful to all mankind, that thy way may be known upon earth." Thus public-spirited must we be in our prayers. Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come. We shall have never the less of God's mercy, and blessing, and favour, for others coming in to share with us. Or it may be taken thus: "God be merciful to us Jews, and bless us, that thereby thy way may be known upon earth, that by the peculiar distinguishing tokens of thy favour to us others may be allured to come and join themselves to us, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you," Zec 8:23.
1. These verses, which point at the conversion of the Gentiles, may be taken, (1.) As a prayer; and so it speaks the desire of the Old-Testament saints; so far were they from wishing to monopolize the privileges of the church that they desired nothing more than the throwing down of the enclosure and the laying open of the advantages. See then how the spirit of the Jews, in the days of Christ and his apostles, differed from the spirit of their fathers. The Israelites indeed that were of old desired that God's name might be known among the Gentiles; those counterfeit Jews were enraged at the preaching of the gospel to the Gentiles; nothing in Christianity exasperated them so much as that did. (2.) As a prophecy that it shall be as he here prays. Many scripture-prophecies and promises are wrapped up in prayers, to intimate that the answer of the church's prayer is as sure as the performance of God's promises.
2. Three things are here prayed for, with reference to the Gentiles:—
(1.) That divine revelation might be sent among them, Ps 67:2. Two things he desires might be know upon earth, even among all nations, and not to the nation of the Jews only:—[1.] God's way, the rule of duty: "Let them all know, as well as we do, what is good and what the Lord our God requires of them; let them be blessed and honoured with the same righteous statutes and judgments which are so much the praise of our nation and the envy of all its neighbours," De 4:8. [2.] His saving health, or his salvation. The former is wrapped up in his law, this in his gospel. If God make known his way to us, and we walk in it, he will show us his saving health, Ps 50:23. Those that have themselves experimentally known the pleasantness of God's ways, and the comforts of his salvation, cannot but desire and pray that they may be known to others, even among all nations. All upon earth are bound to walk in God's way, all need his salvation, and there is in it enough for all; and therefore we should pray that both the one and the other may be made known to all.
(2.) That divine worship may be set up among them, as it will be where divine revelation is received and embraced (Ps 67:3): "Let the people praise thee, O God! let them have matter for praise, let them have hearts for praise; yea, let not only some, but all the people, praise thee," all nations in their national capacity, some of all nations. It is again repeated (Ps 67:5) as that which the psalmist's heart was very much upon. Those that delight in praising God themselves cannot but desire that others also may be brought to praise him, that he may have the honour of it and they may have the benefit of it. It is a prayer, [1.] That the gospel might be preached to them, and then they would have cause enough to praise God, as for the day-spring after a long and dark night. Ortus est sol—The sun has risen. Ac 8:8. [2.] That they might be converted and brought into the church, and then they would have a disposition to praise God, the living and true God, and not the dumb and dunghill deities they had worshipped, Da 5:4. Then their hard thoughts of God would be silenced, and they would see him, in the gospel glass, to be love itself, and the proper object of praise. [3.] That they might be incorporated into solemn assemblies, and might praise God in a body, that they might all together praise him with one mind and one mouth. Thus a face of religion appears upon a land when God is publicly owned and the ordinances of religious worship are duly celebrated in religious assemblies.
(3.) That the divine government may be acknowledged and cheerfully submitted to (Ps 67:4): O let the nations be glad, and sing for joy! Holy joy, joy in God and in his name, is the heart and soul of thankful praise. That all the people may praise thee, let the nations be glad. Those that rejoice in the Lord always will in every thing give thanks. The joy he wishes to the nations is holy joy; for it is joy in God's dominion, joy that God has taken to himself his great power and has reigned, which the unconverted nations are angry at, Re 11:17,18. Let them be glad, [1.] That the kingdom is the Lord's (Ps 22:28), that he, as an absolute sovereign, shall govern the nations upon earth, that by the kingdom of his providence he shall overrule the affairs of kingdoms according to the counsel of his will, though they neither know him nor own him, and that in due time he shall disciple all nations by the preaching of his gospel (Mt 28:19) and set up the kingdom of his grace among them upon the ruin of the devil's kingdom—that he shall make them a willing people in the day of his power, and even the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of the Lord and of his Christ. [2.] That every man's judgment proceeds from the Lord. "Let them be glad that thou shalt judge the people righteously, that thou shalt give a law and gospel which shall be a righteous rule of judgment, and shalt pass an unerring sentence, according to that rule, upon all the children of men, against which there will lie no exception." Let us all be glad that we are not to be one another's judges, but that he that judges us is the Lord, whose judgment we are sure is according to truth.
III. He concludes with a joyful prospect of all good when God shall do this, when the nations shall be converted and brought to praise God.
1. The lower world shall smile upon them, and they shall have the fruits of that (Ps 67:6): Then shall the earth yield her increase. Not but that God gave rain from heaven and fruitful seasons to the nations when they sat in darkness (Ac 14:17); but when they were converted the earth yielded its increase to God; the meat and the drink then became a meat-offering and a drink-offering to the Lord our God (Joe 2:14); and then it was fruitful to some good purpose. Then it yielded its increase more than before to the comfort of men, who through Christ acquired a covenant-title to the fruits of it and had a sanctified use of it. Note, The success of the gospel sometimes brings outward mercies along with it; righteousness exalts a nation. See Isa 4:2,62:9.
2. The upper world shall smile upon them, and they shall have the favours of that, which is much better: God, even our own God, shall bless us, Ps 67:6. And again (Ps 67:7), God shall bless us. Note, (1.) There are a people in the world that can, upon good grounds, call God their God. (2.) Believers have reason to glory in their relation to God and the interest they have in him. It is here spoken with an air of triumph. God, even our own God. (3.) Those who through grace call God their own may with a humble confidence expect a blessing from him. If he be our God, he will bless us with special blessings. (4.) The blessing of God, as ours in covenant, is that which sweetens all our creature-comforts to us, and makes them comforts indeed; then we receive the increase of the earth as a mercy indeed when with it God, even our own God, gives us his blessing.
3. All the world shall hereby be brought to do like them: The ends of the earth shall fear him, that is, worship him, which is to be done with a godly fear. The blessings God bestows upon us call upon us not only to love him, but to fear him, to keep up high thoughts of him and to be afraid of offending him. When the gospel begins to spread it shall get ground more and more, till it reach to the ends of the earth. The leaven hidden in the meal shall diffuse itself, till the whole be leavened. And the many blessings which those will own themselves to have received that are brought into the church invite others to join themselves to them. It is good to cast in our lot with those that are the blessed of the Lord.
本篇关乎教会,是为公众而设。本篇结构如下:一、为以色列教会兴盛的祷告(诗67:1);二、为外邦人归正并归入教会的祷告(诗67:2-5);三、当神行这事时那有福荣耀时代的远景(诗67:6,7)。诗人如此被预言之灵引领,预言基督教会的荣耀光景——在其中犹太人与外邦人要合成一群;这福工的开始当成为我们喜乐与赞美之因,其完成当成为我们歌唱时的祷告与盼望之因。