Psalm 67:1
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
Cross-references
Psalm 4:6 asks for the light of God's face to shine, directly paralleling the request 'make his face shine upon us'.
In Psalm 31:16, the same plea for God's face to shine appears, linking personal deliverance to the blessing sought in Psalm 67.
Psalm 80:1-3 uses the same 'let your face shine' refrain, connecting national restoration to the blessing prayer in Psalm 67.
Psalm 80:7 repeats the 'face shine' plea for salvation, echoing the blessing theme of Psalm 67:1.
Psalm 80:19 again calls for God's face to shine for salvation, reinforcing the blessing motif from Psalm 67:1.
Psalm 119:135 asks for God's face to shine for teaching, extending the blessing in Psalm 67:1 to include instruction.
Psalm 80:3 directly repeats 'make your face shine on us', a strong verbal parallel to the same petition in Psalm 67:1.
Numbers 6:24-27 is the Aaronic blessing that Psalm 67:1 directly echoes — 'make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you'.
Numbers 6:25 is the priestly blessing that Psalm 67:1 echoes, grounding the prayer in the covenant formula.
In Daniel 9:17, Daniel asks God to look with favor on the sanctuary — a parallel plea for God's face to shine.
Acts 15:17 quotes Amos about Gentiles seeking the Lord — directly fulfilling the global worship Psalm 67 prays for.
Zechariah 8:20 envisions many nations coming to Jerusalem — a fulfillment of the global worship Psalm 67 prays for.
2 Corinthians 4:6 applies the 'shine' imagery to Christ's glory, transforming the OT blessing into NT revelation.
Malachi 4:2 describes the sun of righteousness rising with healing — a messianic image that parallels God's face shining.
Mark 16:15 commands preaching to all creation — the mission that flows from the blessing prayed in Psalm 67.
In 1 Timothy 2:1, Paul urges prayer for all people — echoing the psalmist's desire that God's blessing extend to all nations.