O offspring of His servant Israel, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
Parallel translations
- WEB you offspring of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
- KJV O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
- NKJV O seed of Israel His servant, You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
- NASB You descendants of Israel His servant, Sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!
- NLT you children of his servant Israel, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.
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Quick answer
Israel, Jacob's offspring, are addressed as God's servant and His chosen ones. God's people are summoned to praise on the basis of His election.
Overview
The psalm identifies the worshipers as the chosen descendants of Jacob, recipients of God's covenant favor. Their standing rests on God's gracious choice, not their own merit. This election language reaches forward to the church, the chosen people in Christ called to declare the praises of Him who called them out of darkness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Exod 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Ps 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
- 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Gen 28:13–14And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
- Deut 7:6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
- Gen 35:10–12And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
- Gen 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
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