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 106:20

106:20 They traded their majestic God ⁶ 

for the image of an ox that eats grass.

[105:6]  ¹ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[105:6]  ² tc Some mss have “Israel,” which appears in the parallel version of this psalm in 1 Chr 16:13.

[105:6]  ³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[105:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “sons.”

[105:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[106:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “their glory.” According to an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition, the text originally read “his glory” or “my glory.” In Jer 2:11 the Lord states that his people (Israel) exchanged “their glory” (a reference to the Lord) for worthless idols.