Chapter 66

Ps.67:1. Finally, in songs, a psalm to David. And here again the person of the Apostles is introduced, who teach teaching to the pagans and pray for deliverance from those who contradict their teaching. Therefore, this psalm is similar to the previous one, because it actually speaks of the blessing of those dedicated to God, and almost all of this prayer is found in the book of Judges. Therefore, since this must be fulfilled, after the prophecy of the return he preaches the incarnation and the coming of God, as well as the salvation of the pagans. The inscription says: “in songs,” because to be hypnotic belongs to God, and people tend to be adorned with praise. Ps.66:2. God, be gracious to us and bless us. We ask for Your bounty, O Master, and for the appearance of Your face, so that we may be able to preach to all nations the clear way of Your holy Gospel, because “salvation” (Ps. 66:3) is everywhere called His coming. Ps.66:4. Let people confess to You, O God. Prophecies that all nations will confess Christ. Ps.67:5. Let them rejoice, and let the nations rejoice. The Prophetic Spirit, rejoicing about the salvation of the universe, repeatedly repeats the same thing, drawing joy from this repetition. Ps.66:6. Let people confess to You, O God, let all people confess to You. This is not a simple identity: on the contrary, the listeners are stimulated by this to greater zeal. Just as he twice excites the people to sing, so he twice asks them for a blessing, obviously after receiving the blessing itself. Or, since, as a result of blessing, God above all is not unknown to them, but on the contrary, they already bring to God the sweetest fruit of piety, then if we also bring this fruit, i.e. exercise in virtue, it is clear from this that we too are blessed by You. Ps.67:7. The earth will give its fruit, that is, the earth is mental, and its fruit is advancement in piety. Ps.67:8. Bless us, God. It should be known that people, blessing God, bring Him single words, but cannot show Him benefit by deed itself. God, when blessing, confirms words with deeds, and gives to those who are blessed an abundance of all blessings. After this he teaches how this happens. You might be interested in: