74:2 Remember your people 1 whom you acquired in ancient times,
whom you rescued 2 so they could be your very own nation, 3
as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!
78:54 He brought them to the border of his holy land,
to this mountainous land 4 which his right hand 5 acquired.
1 tn Heb “your assembly,” which pictures God’s people as an assembled community.
2 tn Heb “redeemed.” The verb “redeem” casts God in the role of a leader who protects members of his extended family in times of need and crisis (see Ps 19:14).
3 tn Heb “the tribe of your inheritance” (see Jer 10:16; 51:19).
4 tn Heb “this mountain.” The whole land of Canaan seems to be referred to here. In Exod 15:17 the promised land is called the “mountain of your [i.e., God’s] inheritance.”
5 tn The “right hand” here symbolizes God’s military strength (see v. 55).