Mazmur 33:12

33:12 How blessed ¹  is the nation whose God is the Lord,

the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession. ² 

Mazmur 60:7

60:7 Gilead belongs to me,

as does Manasseh! ³ 

Ephraim is my helmet, ⁴ 

Judah my royal scepter. ⁵ 

Mazmur 94:14

94:14 Certainly ⁶  the Lord does not forsake his people;

he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him. ⁷ 

[33:12]  ¹ tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 65:4; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).

[33:12]  ² tn Heb “inheritance.”

[60:7]  ³ sn Gilead was located east of the Jordan. Half of the tribe of Manasseh lived east of the Jordan in the region of Bashan.

[60:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “the protection of my head.”

[60:7]  sn Ephraim, named after one of Joseph’s sons, was one of two major tribes located west of the Jordan. By comparing Ephraim to a helmet, the Lord suggests that the Ephraimites played a primary role in the defense of his land.

[60:7]  ⁵ sn Judah, like Ephraim, was the other major tribe west of the Jordan. The Davidic king, symbolized here by the royal scepter, came from this tribe.

[94:14]  ⁶ tn Or “for.”

[94:14]  ⁷ tn Or “his inheritance.”