Psalms 106:45

106:45 He remembered his covenant with them,

and relented ¹  because of his great loyal love.

Leviticus 26:42

26:42 I will remember my covenant with Jacob and also my covenant with Isaac and also my covenant with Abraham, ²  and I will remember the land.

Deuteronomy 4:31

4:31 (for he ³  is a merciful God), he will not let you down ⁴  or destroy you, for he cannot ⁵  forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.

Micah 7:20

7:20 You will be loyal to Jacob

and extend your loyal love to Abraham, ⁶ 

which you promised on oath to our ancestors ⁷ 

in ancient times. ⁸ 

Luke 1:54-55

1:54 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering ⁹  his mercy, ¹⁰ 

1:55 as he promised ¹¹  to our ancestors, ¹²  to Abraham and to his descendants ¹³  forever.”

Luke 1:72

1:72 He has done this ¹⁴  to show mercy ¹⁵  to our ancestors, ¹⁶ 

and to remember his holy covenant ¹⁷  –

Romans 15:8-9

15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised ¹⁸  on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers, ¹⁹  15:9 and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. ²⁰  As it is written, “Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.” ²¹ 

¹ tn The Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) refers here to God relenting from a punishment already underway.

² tn Heb “my covenant with Abraham I will remember.” The phrase “I will remember” has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 4:3.

⁴ tn Heb “he will not drop you,” i.e., “will not abandon you” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

⁵ tn Or “will not.” The translation understands the imperfect verbal form to have an added nuance of capability here.

⁶ tn More literally, “You will extend loyalty to Jacob, and loyal love to Abraham.

⁷ tn Heb “our fathers.” The Hebrew term refers here to more distant ancestors, not immediate parents.

⁸ tn Heb “which you swore [or, “pledged”] to our fathers from days of old.”

⁹ tn Or “because he remembered mercy,” understanding the infinitive as causal.

¹⁰ tn Or “his [God’s] loyal love.”

¹¹ tn Grk “as he spoke.” Since this is a reference to the covenant to Abraham, ἐλάλησεν (elalhsen) can be translated in context “as he promised.” God keeps his word.

¹² tn Grk “fathers.”

¹³ tn Grk “his seed” (an idiom for offspring or descendants).

¹⁴ tn The words “He has done this” (referring to the raising up of the horn of salvation from David’s house) are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to allow a new sentence to be started in the translation. The Greek sentence is lengthy and complex at this point, while contemporary English uses much shorter sentences.

¹⁵ sn Mercy refers to God’s loyal love (steadfast love) by which he completes his promises. See Luke 1:50.

¹⁶ tn Or “our forefathers”; Grk “our fathers.” This begins with the promise to Abraham (vv. 55, 73), and thus refers to many generations of ancestors.

¹⁷ sn The promises of God can be summarized as being found in the one promise (the oath that he swore) to Abraham (Gen 12:1-3).

¹⁸ tn Grk “of the circumcision”; that is, the Jews.

¹⁹ tn Or “to the patriarchs.”

²⁰ tn There are two major syntactical alternatives which are both awkward: (1) One could make “glorify” dependent on “Christ has become a minister” and coordinate with “to confirm” and the result would be rendered “Christ has become a minister of circumcision to confirm the promises…and so that the Gentiles might glorify God.” (2) One could make “glorify” dependent on “I tell you” and coordinate with “Christ has become a minister” and the result would be rendered “I tell you that Christ has become a minister of circumcision…and that the Gentiles glorify God.” The second rendering is preferred.

²¹ sn A quotation from Ps 18:49.