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26 I prayed to him:[a] O, Sovereign Lord,[b] do not destroy your people, your valued property[c] that you have powerfully redeemed,[d] whom you brought out of Egypt by your strength.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.
  2. Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “Lord Yahweh” (אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, ʾadonay yehvih). The phrase is customarily rendered by Jewish tradition as “Lord God” (אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהִים, ʾadonay ʾelohim).
  3. Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “your inheritance”; NLT “your special (very own NRSV) possession.” Israel is compared to landed property that one would inherit from his ancestors and pass on to his descendants.
  4. Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “you have redeemed in your greatness.”
  5. Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “by your strong hand.”