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Psalm 67:4

Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.

2That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations,
3let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.
4Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
6The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us.
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The nations sing because God judges with equity, joining the longing for fair rule to a joy that reaches beyond any one people's borders.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 58:11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”Both passages affirm that God's judgment reaches the earth, with justice that gives people reason to acknowledge him.
Psalm 96:10Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.” The world is also established. It can’t be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.Both passages join God's rule over the nations with the promise that he will judge the peoples with equity.
Psalm 98:9Let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.Both passages make God's equitable judgment a reason for singing.
Romans 15:10–11Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”Both passages extend the call to rejoice beyond one people, naming the nations or Gentiles as participants in joy.
Psalm 100:1A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!Both passages call for joy directed toward God across the earth's lands and nations.
Matthew 2:10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.Both texts speak of great gladness, though Matthew ties joy to seeing the star rather than to God's equitable judgment.
Zechariah 14:9The LORD will be King over all the earth. In that day the LORD will be one, and his name one.Both passages describe God's rule as reaching the whole earth.
Isaiah 42:10–12Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.Both passages seek songs of praise to God across the earth, extending beyond a single land.
Isaiah 24:14–16These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of the LORD. They cry aloud from the sea.Both passages describe raised voices honoring God, with attention to his majesty or his governance.
Isaiah 55:4Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.Both passages concern rule over peoples, though Isaiah speaks of a leader God gives and the psalm addresses God as ruler.
Romans 2:5But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of …Both passages affirm God's just judgment, though Romans warns of wrath while the psalm prays for the nations' joy.
Genesis 18:25May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from …Both passages connect God's judgment over the earth with doing what is right.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Pray for one nation's joy under God's rule

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Encouragement

Fair judgment can seem far from the world's affairs. This song locates the nations' hope in God's rule: he will judge the peoples with equity.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).