Discovery BoxPsalms 33:12 
Context33:12 How blessed 1 is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession. 2
Psalms 78:71
Context78:71 He took him away from following the mother sheep, 3
and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people,
and of Israel, his chosen nation. 4
Psalms 79:1
ContextA psalm of Asaph.
79:1 O God, foreigners 6 have invaded your chosen land; 7
they have polluted your holy temple
and turned Jerusalem 8 into a heap of ruins.
Psalms 89:3
Context“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:
Psalms 106:5
Context106:5 so I may see the prosperity 10 of your chosen ones,
rejoice along with your nation, 11
and boast along with the people who belong to you. 12
1 tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 65:4; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).
2 tn Heb “inheritance.”
3 tn Heb “from after the ewes he brought him.”
4 tn Heb “to shepherd Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.”
5 sn Psalm 79. The author laments how the invading nations have destroyed the temple and city of Jerusalem. He asks God to forgive his people and to pour out his vengeance on those who have mistreated them.
6 tn Or “nations.”
7 tn Heb “have come into your inheritance.”
8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
9 tn The words “the
10 tn Heb “good.”
11 tn Heb “in order that [I may] rejoice with the rejoicing of your nation.”
12 tn Heb “with your inheritance.”
