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Psalms 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!

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ASV

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

KJV

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַשְׁרֵ֣י'ash.Reihow blessed!H835 →
הַ֭גּוֹיHa.goy[is] the nationH1471 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהָ֑יו'e.lo.Hav[is] God itsH430 →
הָעָ֓ם׀ha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
בָּחַ֖רba.Char[which] he has chosenH977 →
לְנַחֲלָ֣הle.na.cha.Lahto an inheritanceH5159 →
לֽוֹ׃lofor himself

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Psalms 144:15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.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.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.Deuteronomy 7:6–8For 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 the earth.Exodus 34:9“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”Isaiah 41:8“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”Psalms 65:4Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.Ephesians 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In lovePsalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,Exodus 19:5–6Now 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.Jeremiah 51:19The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.Zechariah 2:12And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.1 Peter 5:3not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.Deuteronomy 4:20Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.Psalms 147:19–20He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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