Psalm 67

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General information

The first three verses are used for the introit at Votive Masses for the Propagation of the Faith.

The Book of Common Prayer specifies that the psalm is to be used in the psalmody at Evening Prayer on the twelfth day of the month, and that it may be used as an alternative to Psalm 128 in the marriage service, and as an alternative to the canticle Nunc dimittis at Evening Prayer (except on the twelfth day of the month).

Settings by composers

See also Luther's paraphrase Es woll uns Gott genädig sein.

Anonymous Gregorian chant Unison (English, BCP) Scottish Psalter of 1635 SATB (English, William Whittingham in Old Version) Johann Kaspar Aiblinger SATB (v. 8, Latin) Crys Armbrust SATB (vv. 1-6 in English KJV) William Billings Philadelphia SATB (English, Tate and Brady New Version, st. 3 onwards) New South SATB (English, metrical New Version) John Blow in A major SSAATB (English, BCP) in E minor SSATB (English, BCP) George Coombes (from his Evening Canticles in A) SATB (BCP English) Giovanni Croce SSAATTBB (vv. 2-5, Latin) Josef Capka Drahlovsky SATB (Latin) Philipp Dulichius SATB.SATB (Latin) Andrea Gabrieli ATTB.SATB.SSAT or SATB.ATBB.TBBB (Latin) Thomas Hastings SATB (vv. 5-7 in English KJV) William Henry Havergal SATB & organ (mainly colla parte) Oliver Holden SATB (English, Tate and Brady New Version) Joseph Key SATB (English, BCP & KJV) Jacob Kimball SATB (English, Tate & Brady New Version) Orlando di Lasso SATB.SATB (Latin)

Louis Lewandowski SATB (German) Claudio Merulo SSAT.ATBB (vv. 4-8, Latin) Philippe de Monte SATTB (Latin) James Nares SATB (Anglican chant, English, BCP) Mogens Pedersøn SSATB (vv. 1-4, Latin) Amos Pilsbury SATB Anthem (English, Tate & Brady paraphrase, sts. 3-4) Henry Purcell SSAATB (English, BCP) Vaughan Richardson SATB (English, BCP) Andrea Rota SAATTB (vv. 1-2, Latin) Heinrich Schütz SATB (v. 2, Latin) Thomas Shoel SATB (English, metrical New Version) Simone Stella SATB (Latin, introit and v. 2) Joseph Stephenson ATB (English, metrical New Version) Thomas Tallis SATB (English; Archbishop Parker's Psalter) William Tansur SATB (English, metrical Old Version) Christopher Tye ATTB or SATB (English, complete and incomplete versions) Scott Villard SATBB (English) Melchior Vulpius SSATBB (Latin) Samuel Webbe SATB (Latin) Samuel Sebastian Wesley SATB (English) Robert White AATTBB (Latin)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Johann Kaspar Aiblinger — Benedicat nos Deus, Op. 9, No. 2  Latin SATB
• Anonymous — Our God that is Lord  English SATB
• Crys Armbrust — Psalm 67  English SATB
• William Billings — New South  English SATB
• William Billings — Philadelphia  English SATB
• John Blow — Deus misereatur in A  English SSAATB
• John Blow — Deus misereatur in E minor  English SSATB
• George Coombes — Deus Misereatur in A  English SATB
• George Coombes — Evening Canticles in A  English SATB
• Giovanni Croce — Deus misereatur  Latin SATB.SATB
• Josef Capka Drahlovsky — 3 Gradualia  Latin SATB
• Philipp Dulichius — Deus misereatur  Latin SATB.SATB
• Andrea Gabrieli — Deus misereatur nostri a 12  Latin SSAT.SATB.ATTB, SATB.ATBB.TBBB
• Karl Gotthelf Gläser — Es danken dir, Gott, die Völker  German SATB
• Gregorian chant — Psalm 67  English Unison
• Thomas Hastings — Let the people praise Thee, O God  English SATB
• William Henry Havergal — Deus Misereatur  English SATB
• Oliver Holden — Chosen Race  English SATB
• Joseph Key — God be merciful unto us  English SATB
• Jacob Kimball — Waterford  English SATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Deus misereatur nostri  Latin SATB.SATB
• Louis Lewandowski — Psalm 67 - Gott sei uns gnädig  German SATB
• Claudio Merulo — Confiteantur tibi populi  Latin SSAT.ATBB
• Philippe de Monte — Deus misereatur nostri  Latin SATTB
• James Nares — Single chant in A major   SATB
• Mogens Pedersøn — Deus misereatur nostri  Latin SSATB
• Amos Pilsbury — Massachusetts  English SATB
• Henry Purcell — Deus misereatur in B flat, Z 230/10  English SSAATB
• Vaughan Richardson — Deus misereatur  English SATB
• Andrea Rota — Deus misereatur nostri a 6  Latin SAATTB
• Heinrich Schütz — Deus misereatur, SWV 55  Latin SATB
• Thomas Shoel — To bless thy chosen race  English SATB
• John Alcock Sr. — Evening Service in B flat (Verse) (Cantate Domino & Deus Misereatur)  English SSATB
• Simone Stella — Nos autem gloriari  Latin SATB
• Joseph Stephenson — To bless thy chosen race  English ATB
• Thomas Tallis — God grant with grace  English SATB
• William Tansur — Guilford  English SATB
• Christopher Tye — O God, be merciful  English ATTB,SATB
• Alexander Utendal — Deus misereatur nostri  Latin SSATBB
• Scott Villard — Psalm 67  English SATBB
• Melchior Vulpius — Deus misereatur nostri  Latin SSATTBB
• Samuel Webbe — Deus misereatur  Latin SATB
• Samuel Sebastian Wesley — God be merciful unto us  English SATB
• Robert White — Deus, misereatur nostri  Latin SSTTBB

 

Text and translations

Clementine Vulgate (Psalm 66)

Latin text

1  In finem, in hymnis. Psalmus cantici David.
2  Deus misereatur nostri, et benedicat nobis; illuminet vultum suum super nos,
et misereatur nostri:
3  ut cognascamus in terra viam tuam, in omnibus gentibus salutare tuum.
4  Confiteantur tibi populi, Deus: confiteantur tibi populi omnes.
5  Laetentur et exsultent gentes, quoniam judicas populos in aequitate,
et gentes in terra dirigis.
6  Confiteantur tibi populi, Deus: confiteantur tibi populi omnes.
7  Terra dedit fructum suum: benedicat nos Deus, Deus noster!
8  Benedicat nos Deus, et metuant eum omnes fines terrae.

Church of England 1662 Book of Common Prayer English text   Unto the end, in hymns, a psalm of a canticle for David. 1  God be merciful unto us, and bless us: and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us: 2  That thy way may be known upon earth: thy saving health among all nations. 3  Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee. 4  O let the nations rejoice and be glad: for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. 5  Let the people praise thee, O God: let all the people praise thee. 6  Then shall the earth bring forth her increase: and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. 7  God shall bless us: and all the ends of the world shall fear him.

King James Version English text 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.

Metrical 'Old Version' (John Hopkins) English text Have mercy on us, Lord, And grant to us thy grace; To shew to us do thou accord The brightness of thy face; That all the earth may know The way to godly wealth, And all the nations here below May see thy saving health. Let all the world, O God, Give praise unto thy name; And let the people all abroad Extol and laud the same. Throughout the world so wide Let all rejoice with mirth; For thou with truth and right dost guide The nations of the earth. Let all the world, O God, Give praise unto thy name; And let the people all abroad Extol and laud the same. Then shall the earth increase, Great store of fruit shall fall; And then our God, the God of peace, Shall ever bless us all. God shall us greatly bless, And then both far and near The folk which all the earth possess Of him shall stand in fear.

Metrical paraphrase by William Whittingham English text 1. Our God that is Lord, And author of grace, Turn to us poor souls His merciful face. His blessings increase, Defend us with might And show us His love, And countenance bright. 2. That while in this earth We wander and walk, Thy ways may be known In thought, deed and talk. And how Thy great love To mankind is bent, Since Thy saving health To all folk is sent. 3. The people therefore, O God, let them praise Thy wonderful works, And merciful ways: Yea, let all the world, Both far, wide, and near Praise Thee their Lord God With reverence and fear. 4. Oh, let the whole world Be glad and rejoice, And praise Thee their God With heart and with voice: For Thou shalt judge all With judgment most right; And likewise on earth Shalt rule by Thy might.

5. O sovereign God, Whose works pass all fame, Let all people praise Thy glorious name: All people, I say, In every place. Let them give thee praise, And extol thy grace. 6. So shalt Thou then cause The earth fruit to bear Most plentifully, And everywhere: And God, even God On whom we do call, His blessings shall give, And prosper us all. 7. So then shall we feel God’s blessings each one: And so of his grace There shall complain none. Then all the world’s ends, And countries throughout, His marvelous power Shall fear and redoubt.

Metrical 'New Version' (Tate & Brady) English text To bless thy chosen race, In mercy, Lord, incline; And cause the brightness of thy face On all thy saints to shine. That so thy wondrous ways May through the world be known, Whilst distant lands their tribute pay, And thy salvation own. Let diff'ring nations join To celebrate thy fame; Let all the world, O Lord, combine To praise thy glorious name. O let them shout and sing With joy and pious mirth, For thou, the righteous Judge and King, Shalt govern all the earth. Let diff'ring nations join To celebrate thy fame; Let all the world, O Lord, combine To praise thy glorious name. Then shall the teeming ground A large increase disclose; And we with plenty shall be crown'd, Which God, our God, bestows. Then God upon our land Shall constant blessings show'r, And all the world in awe shall stand Of his resistless pow'r.

Luther's translation German text Ein Psalmlied, vorzusingen auf Saitenspielen. 1  Gott sei uns gnädig und segne uns; er lasse uns sein Antlitz leuchten, Sela, 2  daß wir auf Erden erkennen seinen Weg, unter allen Heiden sein Heil. 3  Es danken dir; Gott, die Völker; es danken dir alle Völker. 4  Die Völker freuen sich und jauchzen, daß du die Leute recht richtest und regierest die Leute auf Erden. Sela. 5  Es danken dir, Gott, die Völker; es danken dir alle Völker. 6  Das Land gibt sein Gewächs. Es segne uns Gott, unser Gott! 7  Es segne uns Gott, und alle Welt fürchte ihn!

Káldi fordítás (66. zsoltár) Hungarian text Végig a dicséretek közt Dávid ének-zsoltára. Könyörűljön rajtunk az Isten, és áldjon meg minket; derítse föl ránk az ő orczáját, és könyörűljön rajtunk: hogy megismerjük a földön utadat, minden nép között a te szabadításodat. Adjanak hálát neked, Isten, a népek; adjon hálát minden nép. Örűljenek és vigadjanak a nemzetek; mert te itéled a népeket igazságban, és a nemzeteket a földön kormányozod. Adjanak hálát neked, Isten, a népek; adjon hálát minden nép. A föld megadja gyümölcsét. Áldjon meg minket Isten, a mi Istenünk, áldjon meg minket Isten; és félje őt a föld minden határa.