Psalms 105:6

O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
seed	זֶ֭רַע Ze.ra'	H2233	seed · noun, common masculine singular construct
Abraham	אַבְרָהָ֣ם 'av.ra.Ham	H85	Abraham · proper noun, a man's name
servant	עַבְדּ֑וֹ av.Do	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
children	בְּנֵ֖י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֣ב ya.'a.Ko	H3290	Jaakob · proper noun, a man's name
chosen	בְּחִירָֽיו be.chi.Rav	H972	select · adjective, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 44:1-2 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain:…
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath…
Isaiah 41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Exodus 3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was…
Deuteronomy 7:6-8 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people t…
Psalms 105:42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
Psalms 106:5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:1-7

Our devotion is here warmly excited; and we are stirred up, that we may stir up ourselves to praise God. Observe, I. The duties to which we are here called, and they are many, but the tendency of them all is to give unto God the glory due unto his name. 1. We must give thanks to him, as one who has always been our bountiful benefactor and requires only that we give him thanks for his favours - poor returns for rich receivings. 2. Call upon his name, as one whom you depend upon for further favours. Praying for further mercies is accepted as an acknowledgment of former mercies. Because he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him. 3. Make known his deeds (Psa 105:1), that ot…

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John Gill on Psalms 105:6

O ye seed of Abraham his servant,.... These are the persons all along before addressed; the Israelites, who descended from Abraham, were his natural seed and offspring, and who had reason to give thanks unto the Lord and praise his name, since so many and such wonderful things had been done for them; though all that were his natural seed were not the children of God; and such who have the same faith he had, and tread in the steps he did, are Christ's, and partakers of his grace; these are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise; and are under the greatest obligations to praise the Lord. Abraham is here called his servant, as also in Psalm 105:42, being a true worshipper of God; th…

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John Calvin on Psalms 105:6-11

Psalm 105:6-11 6. Ye seed of Abraham his servant, the sons of Jacob his chosen. 7. He is Jehovah our God: his judgments are through all the earth. 8. He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; [206] 9. Which he made with Abraham; and his oath which he swore to Isaac; [207] 10. And established it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: [208] 11. Saying, I will give thee the land of Canaan, the cord [or measuring line [209] ] of your inheritance. 6 Ye seed of Abraham his servant. The Psalmist addresses himself by name to his own countrymen, whom, as has been stated, God had bound to himself by a special adoption. It…

The Church Fathers

...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]...
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 105

The 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. 'But many are called, and few are chosen.'
— Jerome, Homily 31, on Psalm 104

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Dictionary and topics

Jews, The · Called: Seed of Abraham — Called: Seed of Abraham
Titles And Names Of Saints · Children of Jacob — Children of Jacob

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 105:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:1-7

John Gill on Psalms 105:6

John Calvin on Psalms 105:6-11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 105:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:1-7

John Gill on Psalms 105:6

John Calvin on Psalms 105:6-11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 105:1-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 105:6-11

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 105:6