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Psalms 135:4
4For the Lord has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession.
Psalms 135:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His special treasure.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own special treasure.
Context of Psalms 135:4
2you who minister in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. 3Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant. For the Lord has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession. 5I know that the Lord is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods. 6The Lord does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths.
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כִּֽי־יַעֲקֹ֗ב בָּחַ֣ר ל֣וֹ יָ֑הּ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל לִסְגֻלָּתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 135:4
- Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
- Deuteronomy 10:15Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.
- 1 Samuel 12:22For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own.
- Isaiah 41:8“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend,
- Isaiah 43:20The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
- Zechariah 2:10“Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,” declares the Lord.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
- Exodus 19:5Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,
- Deuteronomy 32:9For the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance.
- Malachi 3:17“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.
Commentaries on Psalms 135:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself - The descendants of Jacob. He has selected them from among all the inhabitants of the earth to be his special people. And Israel for his peculiar treasure - The word here rendered treasure, means that which is acquired; property; wealth. They were what God possessed, owned, or claimed among all the people of the earth as especially his own. He had chosen them; he had redeemed them; he had made them his own, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The names Jacob and Israel represent all twelve tribes. The Lord loves his chosen people. They are his treasure among all the world's kingdoms (Exodus 19:5–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-7. God's choice of Israel is the first reason assigned for rendering praise; the next, His manifested greatness in creation and providence.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 135
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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