Psalms 105:6
in Psalms 105O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
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ASV
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
KJV
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
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This verse in Psalms 105
Commentary
10 notes on this verseThe seed of Abraham, his servants: the sons of Jacob, his chosen ones. If someone is seed, he is not yet also a son, according to what is written in the gospel: 'If you were the sons of Abraham, you would do the works of your father.' Therefore, that in which they glory, they are not; and if they are seed, they are servants set under fear, not having the perfect love which casts out fear. We are the sons of Jacob, of him who supplanted his brother, and took away his birthright.
This site's exposition
make known His deeds among the nations
on Psalms 105:1-6
The psalm opens with commands and no history yet: give thanks, sing, tell, glory, seek, remember. One of them has no end attached, because His face is to be sought always. Verse 6 names the hearers, Abraham's offspring and Jacob's sons.
This site's exposition
O offspring of His servant Abraham
At 1 Chronicles 16:13 the line reads Israel His servant, where the psalm has Abraham. Abraham is called His servant again in verse 42. The title opens and closes the recital.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
...that they who by the great powers of love knew how to seek His face for evermore, might according to their capacity comprehend, I Am that I Am. Unto whom is it said, "O ye seed of Abraham His servant, ye children of Jacob, His chosen"? [Psalm 105:6]...
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
You are the children of Jacob his chosen, and are chosen and beloved for the fathers' sake, and therefore ought to tread in the steps of those whose honours you inherit. You are the children of godly parents; do no degenerate. You are God's church upon earth, and, if you do not praise him, who should?" 3.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. Should all the world forget, ye are bound to remember. Your father Abraham saw his wonders and judgments upon Sodom, and upon the kings who came from far, and Jacob also saw the Lord's marvellous works in visiting the nations with famine, yet providing for his chosen a choice inheritance in a goodly land; therefore let the children praise their father's God. The Israelites were the Lord's elect nation, and they were bound to imitate their progenitor, who was the Lord's faithful servant and walked before him in holy faith: the seed of Abraham should not be unbelieving, nor should the children of so true a servant become rebels. As we read this pointed appeal to the chosen seed we should recognise the special claims which the Lord has upon ourselves, since we too have been favoured above all others. Election is not a couch for case, but an argument for sevenfold diligence. If God has set his choice upon us, let us aim to be choice men.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. Should all the world forget, ye are bound to remember. Your father Abraham saw his wonders and judgments upon Sodom, and upon the kings who came from far, and Jacob also saw the Lord's marvellous works in visiting the nations with famine, yet providing for his chosen a choice inheritance in a goodly land; therefore let the children praise their father's God.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
O ye seed of Abraham - Ye Jews especially, who have been the peculiar objects of the Divine favor.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen - All you who are descendants of Abraham and Jacob; the former being particularly mentioned here because he was the great ancestor of the Hebrew people; the latter, because the events referred to were closely connected with the history of Jacob - with his going down into Egypt, and with the division of the tribes named after his sons. The word rendered “his chosen” would seem in our version to refer to Jacob. In the original, however, it is in the plural number, and must agree with the word rendered “children,” “Ye chosen sons of Jacob” (compare Psa 105:43). So it has been translated in 1Ch 16:13, “Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.”
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זֶ֭רַע | zera' | O offspring of | H2233 → | 229 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֣ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| עַבְדּ֑וֹ | avdo | servant his | H5650 → | 799 times |
| בְּנֵ֖י | benei | O children of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֣ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| בְּחִירָֽיו׃ | bechirav | chosen ones his | H972 → | 13 times |
זֶ֭רַעO offspring of
zera'H2233 →229 times
אַבְרָהָ֣םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →175 times
עַבְדּ֑וֹservant his
avdoH5650 →799 times
בְּנֵ֖יO children of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יַעֲקֹ֣בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
בְּחִירָֽיו׃chosen ones his
bechiravH972 →13 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Peter 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.
it leads to
- Exodus 19:5–6
Now 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 7:6
For 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…
- Revelation 1:6
who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
- Revelation 5:10
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
- Isaiah 61:6
But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their…
- Exodus 19:5–6
Through
John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 1:5–7
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- John 15:19
If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
- Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Jeremiah 1:5–7
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 105; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 5; Jerome, Homily 31, on Psalm 104; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.