Mazmur 105:8-9

105:8 He always remembers his covenantal decree,

the promise he made ¹  to a thousand generations –

105:9 the promise ²  he made to Abraham,

the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

Mazmur 106:45

106:45 He remembered his covenant with them,

and relented ³  because of his great loyal love.

[105:8]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “which.”

[106:45]  ³ tn The Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) refers here to God relenting from a punishment already underway.