The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 105:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

O ye seed of Abraham his servant; i.e. "his faithful and obedient follower" (see below, Psalms 105:42; and comp. Genesis 26:24; Galatians 3:9). Ye children of Jacob his chosen; rather, his chosen ones.

The word is in the plural, and must be referred, not to "Jacob," but to "children."

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