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Psalms 106:5
that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses Yahweh in a corporate prayer, moving from a request to be remembered and visited with salvation toward a desire for communal participation in God's deliverance.
The words — לִרְאוֹת (li/r.'ot) = to look/see and בְּטוֹבַת (be./To.Vat) = on/upon the prosperity/goodness. The phrasing frames the petition as a request to witness the tangible blessings destined for the chosen people.
The thread — The motif of rejoicing in God's chosen appears in Psalms 105:43, where deliverance is marked by shouts of joy, and John 15:16, where Christ appoints believers to bear lasting fruit. The link between divine favor and prosperity runs through Psalms 1:3.
Why it lands — The text asks the reader to direct personal hope toward the collective flourishing of God's people, replacing isolated ambition with shared participation in the inheritance of the nation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Psalms 105:43 He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
- John 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- Psalms 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- Psalms 105:6 O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
- Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
- Isaiah 66:10 Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
- Zephaniah 3:14 Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
- Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Ephesians 1:18 I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
- Deuteronomy 7:6 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.