Psalms 135:4
2 who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
3 Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
5 For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.
6 The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
- KJV
- For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
- WEB
- For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession.
- ASV
- For Jehovah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [And] Israel for his own possession.
- DARBY
- For Jah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, Israel for his own possession.
- BLB
- For YAH has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His possession.
- ÅB
- For Herren har utvalgt seg Jakob, Israel til sin eiendom.
- OTB
- For Herren har valgt Jakob til sin egen,
Israel som en kjær eiendom. - B1930
- For Herren har utvalgt sig Jakob, Israel til sin eiendom.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 2:9
But 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.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:15
Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 7:6–7
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 the earth.
Read in contextMalachi 3:17
“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
Read in contextZechariah 2:10–12
“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:9
But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
Read in contextPsalms 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
Read in contextIsaiah 43:20–21
The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
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