Mazmur 28:9

28:9 Deliver your people!

Empower ¹  the nation that belongs to you! ² 

Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms ³  at all times! ⁴ 

Yeremia 10:16

10:16 The Lord, who is the inheritance ⁵  of Jacob’s descendants, ⁶  is not like them.

He is the one who created everything.

And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. ⁷ 

He is known as the Lord who rules over all.” ⁸ 

Titus 2:14

2:14 He ⁹  gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, ¹⁰  who are eager to do good. ¹¹ 

[28:9]  ¹ tn Or “bless.”

[28:9]  ² tn Heb “your inheritance.” The parallelism (note “your people”) indicates that Israel is in view.

[28:9]  ³ tn Heb “shepherd them and lift them up.”

[28:9]  sn The shepherd metaphor is sometimes associated with royal responsibility. See 2 Sam 5:2; 7:7; Mic 5:2-4).

[28:9]  ⁴ tn Or “forever.”

[10:16]  ⁵ tn The words “The Lord who is” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity. For the significance of the words that follow them see the study note that follows.

[10:16]  sn The phrase the portion of Jacob’s descendants, which is applied to God here, has its background in the division of the land where each tribe received a portion of the land of Palestine except the tribe of Levi whose “portion” was the Lord. As the other tribes lived off what their portion of the land provided, the tribe of Levi lived off what the Lord provided, i.e., the tithes and offerings dedicated to him. Hence to have the Lord as one’s portion is to have him provide for all one’s needs (see Ps 16:5 in the context of vv. 2, 6 and Lam 3:24 in the context of vv. 22-23).

[10:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “The Portion of Jacob.” “Descendants” is implied, and is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[10:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “And Israel is the tribe of his possession.”

[10:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies is his name.”

[10:16]  sn For this rendering of the name for God and its significance see 2:19 and the study note there.

[2:14]  ⁹ tn Grk “who” (as a continuation of the previous clause).

[2:14]  ¹⁰ tn Or “a people who are his very own.”

[2:14]  ¹¹ tn Grk “for good works.”