Psalm for Friday in the Third Week of Advent

Psalm 67

1     May God be merciful to us and bless us,*

         show us the light of his countenance and come to us.

2     Let your ways be known upon earth,*

          your saving health among all nations.

3     Let the peoples praise you, O God;*

           let all the peoples praise you.

4     Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,*

          for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations upon earth.

5     Let the peoples praise you, O God;*

          let all the peoples praise you.

6     The earth has brought forth her increase;*

          may God, our own God, give us his blessing.

7      May God give us his blessing,*

           and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.