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Psalm 135

Psa. 135:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forg the Lord
Yahh (Hebrew #3050)
Jah, the sacred name
KJV usage: Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in "-iah," "- jah."
Pronounce: yaw
Origin: contraction for 3068, and meaning the same
hath chosen
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
unto himself, and Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
for his peculiar treasure
cgullah (Hebrew #5459)
wealth (as closely shut up)
KJV usage: jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.
Pronounce: seg-ool-law'
Origin: feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up
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Ex. 19:5• 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine, (Ex. 19:5)
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Deut. 7:6‑7• 6{i}For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.{/i}
 7{i}Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;{/i} (Deut. 7:6‑7)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)

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Israel,
Jacob,
Peculiar People; Peculiar Treasure

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the Lord.
Psa. 33:12• 12Happy [is] the nation whose God is Jehovah,{HR}The people he hath chosen to himself for an inheritance. (Psa. 33:12)
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Deut. 7:6‑7• 6{i}For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.{/i}
 7{i}Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;{/i} (Deut. 7:6‑7)
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Deut. 10:15• 15{i}Only, Jehovah took pleasure in thy fathers, to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you, out of all the peoples, as it is this day.{/i} (Deut. 10:15)
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1 Sam. 12:22• 22For Jehovah will not forsake His people for His great name's sake; {i}because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people.{/i} (1 Sam. 12:22)
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Isa. 41:8• 8But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, (Isa. 41:8)
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Isa. 43:20‑21• 20The beast of the field shall honour me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen:
 21the people have I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise. (Isa. 43:20‑21)
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Zech. 2:10‑12• 10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, {i}saith Jehovah.{/i}
 11{i}And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be unto me for a people;{/i} And I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
 12And Jehovah shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. (Zech. 2:10‑12)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)
his peculiar.
Ex. 19:5‑6• 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine,
 6{i}and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.{/i} (Ex. 19:5‑6)
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Deut. 32:9• 9{i}For Jehovah's portion is his people;{HR}Jacob the lot of his inheritance.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:9)
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Mal. 3:17• 17And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. (Mal. 3:17)
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Titus 2:14• 14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:14)
• As people of God we know it, and for ourselves as part of it, but, when personally brought home, it is of divine delight to be the peculiar treasure of God, and that not as a national election but according to His own nature, the personal objects of His delight. It is known, it is evident, as of pure grace. It is what gives it its value. Faith recognizes it as true, rests in it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 135-138” by J.N. Darby)
• The Lord in His sovereign goodness has chosen Israel (vs. 4). (“Psalm 135” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For Jah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, Israel for his own possessionl.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "peculiar treasure." see Ex. 19.5.

W. Kelly Translation

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For Jah hath chosen Jacob for him,{HR}Israel for his peculiar treasure,