What Does Psalm 67:7 Mean in the King James?
God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
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 line refuses to let God’s blessing on us remain local: its horizon is the whole earth’s awe of him.
THE MEANING
God’s blessing meets us now, while the earth’s farthest edges remain within the horizon of awe toward him. What is given among us belongs to a vision larger than us: recognition of God across the whole earth.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
God’s blessing is a private advantage that stops with us. This verse places it beside the whole earth’s response to God.
THE ROOT
יְבָרְכֵנוּ
yevarekhenu
GROWS FROM
ברך
b-r-k
The root ברך (barak) means to bless; the same consonants form בֶּרֶךְ (berekh), knee.
“bless” in this verse is yevarekhenu. The word for blessing shares its root with the word for knee, carrying a bodily image of bending. Beside it, the earth’s awe of God makes the verse’s movement feel like blessing meeting reverence.
ALSO GROWS
berakhah: Blessing; the act or gift of blessing.
בְּרָכָה
It names what God gives here, a gift whose horizon extends beyond the people receiving it.
berekh: Knee.
בֶּרֶךְ
This branch preserves the root’s image of bending, adding a posture beneath the word blessing without replacing its plain meaning.
וְיִירְאוּ
veyir'u
GROWS FROM
ירא
y-r-ʾ
The root ירא (yare) means to fear; when God is the one feared, its sense opens into awe.
The English word “fear” can suggest alarm alone, but ירא (yare) also names awe before God. The verse sets that awe across all the earth, so its scope is as wide as God’s blessing.
ALSO GROWS
yir'ah: Fear or awe.
יִרְאָה
This noun from the same root names the response the verse places across the earth.
nora: Awe-inspiring or fearful.
נוֹרָא
This related form describes what evokes awe, illuminating the reverence directed toward God.
THE PATTERN
God’s blessing among a people belongs to a horizon where the whole earth can recognize and stand in awe of God.
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.THE THREAD
He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.This verse joins the same roots: ברך (barak, bless) and ירא (yare, fear or awe). Here blessing and awe meet among the people; Psalm 67 widens their horizon to the earth’s farthest edges.
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