Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 67:4

4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy , for thou shalt judg the people righteously , and govern the nations upon earth, Selah.

For thy Transcendent Mercy to them, in rescuing them from the Vanities and damnable Errors of their Fathers, and in bringing them to the knowledge of the true God, and of eternal Life.

(i. e.) Rule and govern them, as it is explained in the next Clause, and as this Phrase is used.

Which is the great Commendation of any Government, and the greatest Argument and Encouragement to the Gentiles, to put themselves under it the rather; Because they had found the Misery of Living under the unrighteous and Tyrannical Government of the Devil, and of their Idolatrous and heathenish Rulers.

Heb. lead; To wit, gently, as a Shepherd doth his Sheep; and not rule them with Rigour, as other Lords had done.

Marginal references: Heb. Lead.