May the peoples praise you, God

Psalm 67 (TNIV) -

1 May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine on us—

2 so that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation among all nations.

3 May the peoples praise you, God;
may all the peoples praise you.

4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples with equity
and guide the nations of the earth.

5 May the peoples praise you, God;
may all the peoples praise you.

6 The land yields its harvest;
God, our God, blesses us.

7 May God bless us still,
so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.

My thoughts -

I love reading and meditating on Psalms like this to prepare for worship. When we look at verses 3 and 5 what are we seeing in the prayer that "all the peoples" praise God? Sometimes I think we forget how connected all people are. Sometimes I think that we forget that we are all made in God's image. Sometimes I think we build up walls to separate those who we do not feel are sufficiently like us. Sometimes those walls are the walls of our sanctuaries. Is the answer for this to make all people sufficiently like us enough to enter our sanctuaries or is it to tear down those walls so that we can share the love of God and give praise and glory to God with all of God's children, and not just the ones we're "comfortable" with?