Deuteronomy 5:6

The Ten Commandments

5:6 “I am the Lord your God, he who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery.

Psalms 116:16

116:16 Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant;

I am your lowest slave. ¹ 

You saved me from death. ² 

Isaiah 63:9

63:9 Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. ³ 

The messenger sent from his very presence ⁴  delivered them.

In his love and mercy he protected ⁵  them;

he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times. ⁶ 

Luke 1:74-75

1:74 that we, being rescued from the hand of our ⁷  enemies,

may serve him without fear, ⁸ 

1:75 in holiness and righteousness ⁹  before him for as long as we live. ¹⁰ 

Titus 2:14

2:14 He ¹¹  gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, ¹²  who are eager to do good. ¹³ 

¹ tn Heb “I am your servant, the son of your female servant.” The phrase “son of a female servant” (see also Ps 86:16) is used of a son born to a secondary wife or concubine (Exod 23:12). In some cases the child’s father is the master of the house (see Gen 21:10, 13; Judg 9:18). The use of the expression here certainly does not imply that the Lord has such a secondary wife or concubine! It is used metaphorically and idiomatically to emphasize the psalmist’s humility before the Lord and his status as the Lord’s servant.

² tn Heb “you have loosed my bonds.” In this context the imagery refers to deliverance from death (see v. 3).

³ tn Heb “in all their distress, there was distress to him” (reading לוֹ [lo] with the margin/Qere).

⁴ tn Heb “the messenger [or “angel”] of his face”; NIV “the angel of his presence.”

⁵ tn Or “redeemed” (KJV, NAB, NIV), or “delivered.”

⁶ tn Heb “all the days of antiquity”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “days of old.”

⁷ tc Many important early mss (א B L W [0130] Ë^1,13 565 892 pc) lack “our,” while most (A C D [K] Θ Ψ 0177 33 Ï pc) supply it. Although the addition is most likely not authentic, “our” has been included in the translation due to English stylistic requirements.

⁸ tn This phrase in Greek is actually thrown forward to the front of the verse to give it emphasis.

⁹ sn The phrases that we…might serve him…in holiness and righteousness from Luke 1:74-75 well summarize a basic goal for a believer in the eyes of Luke. Salvation frees us up to serve God without fear through a life full of ethical integrity.

¹⁰ tn Grk “all our days.”

¹¹ tn Grk “who” (as a continuation of the previous clause).

¹² tn Or “a people who are his very own.”

¹³ tn Grk “for good works.”