Genesis 24:27

24:27 saying “Praised be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love ¹  for my master! The Lord has led me ²  to the house ³  of my master’s relatives!” ⁴ 

Genesis 28:15

28:15 I am with you! ⁵  I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”

Psalms 61:7

61:7 May he reign ⁶  forever before God!

Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him. ⁷ 

Psalms 85:10

85:10 Loyal love and faithfulness meet; ⁸ 

deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. ⁹ 

Micah 7:20

7:20 You will be loyal to Jacob

and extend your loyal love to Abraham, ¹⁰ 

which you promised on oath to our ancestors ¹¹ 

in ancient times. ¹² 

¹ tn Heb “his faithfulness and his commitment.”

² tn Heb “As for me – in the way the Lord led me.”

³ tn Here “house” is an adverbial accusative of termination.

⁴ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁵ tn Heb “Look, I [am] with you.” The clause is a nominal clause; the verb to be supplied could be present (as in the translation) or future, “Look, I [will be] with you” (cf. NEB).

⁶ tn Heb “sit [enthroned].” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive here, expressing the psalmist’s prayer.

⁷ tn Heb “loyal love and faithfulness appoint, let them protect him.”

⁸ tn The psalmist probably uses the perfect verbal forms in v. 10 in a dramatic or rhetorical manner, describing what he anticipates as if it were already occurring or had already occurred.

⁹ sn Deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. The psalmist personifies these abstract qualities to emphasize that God’s loyal love and faithfulness will yield deliverance and peace for his people.

¹⁰ tn More literally, “You will extend loyalty to Jacob, and loyal love to Abraham.

¹¹ tn Heb “our fathers.” The Hebrew term refers here to more distant ancestors, not immediate parents.

¹² tn Heb “which you swore [or, “pledged”] to our fathers from days of old.”