Mazmur 105:6-10

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 

Mazmur 132:11-17

132:11 The Lord made a reliable promise to David; ¹⁰ 

he will not go back on his word. ¹¹ 

He said, ¹²  “I will place one of your descendants ¹³  on your throne.

132:12 If your sons keep my covenant

and the rules I teach them,

their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”

132:13 Certainly ¹⁴  the Lord has chosen Zion;

he decided to make it his home. ¹⁵ 

132:14 He said, ¹⁶  “This will be my resting place forever;

I will live here, for I have chosen it. ¹⁷ 

132:15 I will abundantly supply what she needs; ¹⁸ 

I will give her poor all the food they need. ¹⁹ 

132:16 I will protect her priests, ²⁰ 

and her godly people will shout exuberantly. ²¹ 

132:17 There I will make David strong; ²² 

I have determined that my chosen king’s dynasty will continue. ²³ 

[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]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “which.”

[105:10]  ⁹ tn Or “eternal covenant.”

[132:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord swore an oath to David [in] truth.”

[132:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he will not turn back from it.”

[132:11]  ¹² tn The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows are the Lord’s words.

[132:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “the fruit of your body.”

[132:13]  ¹⁴ tn Or “for.”

[132:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he desired it for his dwelling place.”

[132:14]  ¹⁶ tn The words “he said” are added in the translation to clarify that what follows are the Lord’s words.

[132:14]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “for I desired it.”

[132:15]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “I will greatly bless her provision.” The infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the verb.

[132:15]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “her poor I will satisfy [with] food.”

[132:16]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and her priests I will clothe [with] deliverance.”

[132:16]  ²¹ tn Heb “[with] shouting they will shout.” The infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the verb.

[132:17]  ²² tn Heb “there I will cause a horn to sprout for David.” The horn of an ox underlies the metaphor (cf. Deut 33:17; 1 Kgs 22:11; Pss 18:2; 92:10). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “exalt the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 89:17, 24; 92:10; Lam 2:17). In the ancient Near East powerful warrior-kings would sometimes compare themselves to a goring bull that used its horns to kill its enemies. For examples, see P. Miller, “El the Warrior,” HTR 60 (1967): 422-25, and R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 135-36.

[132:17]  ²³ tn Heb “I have arranged a lamp for my anointed one.” Here the “lamp” is a metaphor for the Davidic dynasty (see 1 Kgs 11:36).