What Does Psalm 67:5 Mean in the King James?

Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

Psalm 67:5 · KJV

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 repeated word for praise carries thanksgiving and acknowledgment, turning one voice into a chorus across all peoples.

THE MEANING

This verse places you within a chorus that reaches across every people. Praise is shared acknowledgment, voiced again until all are included.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that praise belongs rightly to only one people or one kind of voice.

THE ROOT

יְהוֹדוּךָ

yehodukha

GROWS FROM

ידה

y-d-h

Yādâ (⁨יָדָה⁩): acknowledge, give thanks, praise.

English says “praise” twice, but yādâ also names thanksgiving and confession: the word holds open acknowledgment within it. The repeated refrain widens that acknowledgment from the peoples to all of them.

ALSO GROWS

todah: Thanksgiving, thanks; also a thank offering.

תּוֹדָה

This noun from the same root shows that praise and gratitude share a word-family.

hitvadah: Confess, acknowledge.

הִתְוַדָּה

This branch reveals the root’s range: acknowledgment can take the form of praise or an open confession.

THE PATTERN

Praise crosses every boundary of people and gathers many voices into one acknowledgment.

O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

Psalm 117:1 · KJVThe call to praise names the nations and peoples as one wide chorus.

And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

Romans 15:11 · KJVThe verse carries the call to praise across peoples into a shared confession.

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

Revelation 7:9-10 · KJVA multitude from every nation, people, and tongue cries out together before God and the Lamb.

THE THREAD

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 118:1 · KJV

The Hebrew word ⁨יְהוֹדוּךָ⁩ (yehodukha, “they praise you”) here and ⁨הוֹדוּ⁩ (hôdû, “give thanks”) in Psalm 118:1 come from the same root, ⁨ידה⁩ (yādâ). The shared root joins praise and thanksgiving as forms of acknowledging God.

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