Psalm 67

One of the things that immediately drew my attention to this Psalm was the repetition of the Psalm. The fact that the Psalm takes the time to repeat both that thanking and the blessing makes me think that I need to take more time to thank God for all that he has done for me. I chose to reflect on this Psalm because the structure of it seemed interesting to me. I noticed how several phrases started with a repetition of the line before. The Psalm raises the question of why the foreigners would rejoice and celebrate over justice being executed before the nations. I would think that if justice was being upheld through the nations that those nations should be in fear of the judgement that was getting ready to happen to them. The Psalm almost seems selfish with its conclusion of asking God to bless them and then the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves. Maybe it is because God's blessing are so wonderful and fantastic that if they were to all come out at once then there would be no choice but to give God the proper honor that he deserves. To me this Psalm tells me that I need to rejoice in God more and I need to be grateful for the many blessings that he gives me every day. If I took time to reflect on the goodness of God I would be able to see it more evidently in my life and in turn be a stronger servant for God.