66:7. The earth hath yielded her fruit. May God, our God bless us, 66:8. May God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear him. Psalms Chapter 67 Exurgat Deus. The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 67:1. Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David himself. 67:2. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face. 67:3. As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 67:4. And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness. 67:5. Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence, Who ascendeth upon the west... Super occasum. St. Gregory understands it of Christ, who after his going down, like the sun, in the west, by his passion and death, ascended more glorious, and carried all before him. St. Jerome renders it, who ascendeth, or cometh up, through the deserts. 67:6. Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place: 67:7. God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres. Of one manner... That is, agreeing in faith, unanimous in love, and following the same manner of discipline. It is verified in the servants of God, living together in his house, which is the church. 1 Tim. 3.15. Ibid. Them that were bound, etc... The power and mercy of God appears in his bringing out of their captivity those that were strongly bound in their sins: and in restoring to his grace those whose behaviour had been most provoking; and who by their evil habits were not only dead, but buried in their sepulchres. 67:8. O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst pass through the desert: 67:9. The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel. 67:10. Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect. A free rain... the manna, which rained plentifully from heaven, in favour of God's inheritance, that is, of his people Israel: which was weakened indeed under a variety of afflictions, but was made perfect by God; that is, was still supported by divine providence, and brought on to the promised land. It agrees particularly to the church of Christ his true inheritance, which is plentifully watered with the free rain of heavenly grace; and through many infirmities, that is, crosses and tribulations, is made perfect, and fitted for eternal glory. 67:11. In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor.