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!
78:71 He took him away from following the mother sheep, 4
and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people,
and of Israel, his chosen nation. 5
15:17 You will bring them in 6 and plant them in the mountain 7 of your inheritance,
in the place you made 8 for your residence, O Lord,
the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.
47:6 I was angry at my people;
I defiled my special possession
and handed them over to you.
You showed them no mercy; 9
you even placed a very heavy burden on old people. 10
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 “from after the ewes he brought him.”
5 tn Heb “to shepherd Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.”
6 tn The verb is imperfect.
7 sn The “mountain” and the “place” would be wherever Yahweh met with his people. It here refers to Canaan, the land promised to the patriarchs.
8 tn The verb is perfect tense, referring to Yahweh’s previous choice of the holy place.
9 tn Or “compassion.”
10 tn Heb “on the old you made very heavy your yoke.”