For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the middle of an iron furnace.

which I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace. I declared: 'Obey Me, and do everything that I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God,'

I prayed to the LORD: Lord God, do not annihilate Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.

But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.

But the LORD's portion is His people, Jacob, His own inheritance.

Now if you will listen to Me and carefully keep My covenant, you will be My own possession out of all the peoples, although all the earth is Mine,

and you will be My kingdom of priests and My holy nation. These are the words that you are to say to the Israelites."

Save Your people, bless Your possession, shepherd them, and carry them forever.

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord-- the people He has chosen to be His own possession!

For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel as His treasured possession.

Why, LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways? You harden our hearts so we do not fear You. Return, because of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

Your holy people had a possession for a little while, [but] our enemies have trampled down Your sanctuary.

[I pray] that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the glorious riches of His inheritance among the saints,

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a special people, eager to do good works.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.