Psalms 105:6-12

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

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

105:7 He is the Lord our God;

he carries out judgment throughout the earth. ⁶ 

105:8 He always remembers his covenantal decree,

the promise he made ⁷  to a thousand generations –

105:9 the promise ⁸  he made to Abraham,

the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

105:10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,

to Israel as a lasting promise, ⁹ 

105:11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan

as the portion of your inheritance.”

105:12 When they were few in number,

just a very few, and resident aliens within it,

[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.

[105:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “in all the earth [are] his judgments.”

[105:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 10-12 make clear.

[105:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “which.”

[105:10]  ²¹ tn Or “eternal covenant.”