What Does Psalm 67:3 Mean in the King James?
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew word for praise also means give thanks and acknowledge, so the verse pictures all peoples sharing one act of recognition.
THE MEANING
Praise here is a shared acknowledgment of God, voiced by a people and widened to all people. Your voice belongs within that widening circle; no people is outside the verse’s horizon.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It dissolves the belief that praise belongs to one people alone: the verse’s horizon includes all peoples.
THE ROOT
יוֹדוּךָ
yodukha
GROWS FROM
ידה
y-d-h
To acknowledge, give thanks, or praise.
The same root holds praise, thanks, and acknowledgment together. The repeated verb makes praise a shared recognition, and the verse widens that act until all peoples are included.
ALSO GROWS
todah: Thanksgiving, thanks, or praise.
תּוֹדָה
Psalm 100:4 uses this noun for thanksgiving, showing that the praise in this verse belongs to the same family of gratitude.
Yehudah: Judah; a name associated with praise.
יְהוּדָה
At Judah’s naming, Leah says, “Now will I praise the LORD” (Genesis 29:35), joining the name to this same root.
THE PATTERN
Praise expands from one gathered voice to the voices of all peoples.
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.THE THREAD
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.“Thanksgiving” translates todah, from the same ידה root as yodukha, “praise,” in Psalm 67:3. The shared root reveals praise as gratitude and acknowledgment, a voice the verse gathers from all peoples.
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