The Meaning of Psalms 67:2 Explained

Psalms 67:2

KJV: That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

YLT: For the knowledge in earth of Thy way, among all nations of Thy salvation.

Darby: That thy way may be known upon earth, thy salvation among all nations.

ASV: That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy salvation among all nations.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

That thy way  may be known  upon earth,  thy saving health  among all nations. 

What does Psalms 67:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 67:1-7 - "let All The Peoples Praise Thee"
Come and hear, Psalms 66:16-20
The psalm began with Come and see, Psalms 66:5. Compare Mark 5:19-20; John 4:29. It will be one of the employments of heaven to go from group to group to tell what God has done for us. But each hearer will have a tale as wonderful as ours. We must praise without stint, and pray with pure and unselfish motives. From such prayers God will not turn away.
Psalms 67:1-7, like Psalms 65:1-13, was composed for use at an annual festival. "Bless us," say the saints in yearning prayer. "God shall bless us," is the certain answer of faith, Psalms 67:1; Psalms 67:7. We desire blessing, not to hoard for ourselves, but that all mankind may share with us. Ask for God's smile on yourself alone, and you will miss it; ask for it that you may reflect and pass it on, and the Lord will become your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will be ended.
Four times the psalmist cries, Let the peoples praise thee, R.V. In answer to his appeal, it seemed as if the whole world had broken out into fresh fertility. Our own God, Psalms 67:6. He has given Himself to us, and each may have the whole of the fullness as an estate of boundless extent and wealth, Numbers 18:20; Psalms 16:5. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 67

1  A prayer for the enlargement of God's kingdom
3  to the joy of the people
6  and the increase of God's blessings

What do the individual words in Psalms 67:2 mean?

That may be known on earth Your way among all nations Your salvation
לָדַ֣עַת בָּאָ֣רֶץ דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ בְּכָל־ גּ֝וֹיִ֗ם יְשׁוּעָתֶֽךָ

לָדַ֣עַת  That  may  be  known 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
בָּאָ֣רֶץ  on  earth 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ  Your  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
בְּכָל־  among  all 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
גּ֝וֹיִ֗ם  nations 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
יְשׁוּעָתֶֽךָ  Your  salvation 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יְשׁוּעָה  
Sense: salvation, deliverance.