For the choir director: A song. A psalm, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.

1 May God be merciful and bless us. May his face smile with favor on us. Interlude

2 May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere.

3 May the nations praise you, O God. Yes, may all the nations praise you.

4 Let the whole world sing for joy, because you govern the nations with justice and guide the people of the whole world. Interlude

5 May the nations praise you, O God. Yes, may all the nations praise you.

6 Then the earth will yield its harvests, and God, our God, will richly bless us.

7 Yes, God will bless us, and people all over the world will fear him.