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Psalms 77:15
With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly, declaring His past mighty acts immediately after noting God displays strength among the peoples and before describing the waters reacting to His presence.
The words — The text highlights גָּאַ֣לְתָּ (ga’altā), meaning “you redeemed,” and בְּזְר֣וֹעַ (bəzrōaʿ), meaning “by an arm,” to describe the manner and action of deliverance.
The thread — This deliverance motif connects to Exodus 6:6, where God promises to bring Israel out from under the Egyptian yoke, and Deuteronomy 9:29, which recalls being brought out by great power and an outstretched arm.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that God’s past interventions define His present identity, requiring the reader to anchor current distress in historical acts of redemption rather than present circumstances.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
Cross-references
- Exodus 6:6 Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
- Deuteronomy 9:29 But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”
- Isaiah 63:9 In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Deuteronomy 9:26 And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
- Psalms 74:2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.
- Genesis 48:3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
- Psalms 136:11 and brought Israel out from among them His loving devotion endures forever.