“Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.”
The petition that God would remember the congregation acquired in ancient times articulates the appeal to the covenant history: God established relationship with the people in the past. The reference to the tribe of inheritance indicates that the people belong to God through divine choice. The prayer for God to remember appeals to the continuity of covenantal obligation. This verse grounds petition in historical memory of divine commitment.
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