Psalms 105:6

105:6 O children ¹  of Abraham, ²  God’s ³  servant,

you descendants ⁴  of Jacob, God’s ⁵  chosen ones!

Psalms 105:43

105:43 When he led his people out, they rejoiced;

his chosen ones shouted with joy. ⁶ 

Psalms 89:3

89:3 The Lord said, ⁷ 

“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:

Psalms 106:5

106:5 so I may see the prosperity ⁸  of your chosen ones,

rejoice along with your nation, ⁹ 

and boast along with the people who belong to you. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 106:23

106:23 He threatened ¹¹  to destroy them,

but ¹²  Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him ¹³ 

and turned back his destructive anger. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

² tc Some mss have “Israel,” which appears in the parallel version of this psalm in 1 Chr 16:13.

³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “sons.”

⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “and he led his people out with joy, with a ringing cry, his chosen ones.”

¹¹ tn The words “the Lord said” are supplied in the translation for clarification. It is clear that the words of vv. 3-4 are spoken by the Lord, in contrast to vv. 1-2, which are spoken by the psalmist.

¹⁶ tn Heb “good.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “in order that [I may] rejoice with the rejoicing of your nation.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “with your inheritance.”

²¹ tn Heb “and he said.”

²² tn Heb “if not,” that is, “[and would have] if [Moses] had not.”

²³ tn Heb “stood in the gap before him.”

²⁴ tn Heb “to turn back his anger from destroying.”