LXX Psalms

Septuagint

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Psalm 129

1 A Song of Degrees. Out of the depths I have cried to you, Lord. 2 Lord, listen to my voice; let your ears be attentive to the voice of my plea. 3 If you, Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand? 4 For with you is forgiveness. 5 For your law's sake I have waited for you, Lord, my soul has waited for your word. 6 My soul has hoped in the Lord; from the morning watch till night: from the morning watch let Israel hope in the Lord. 7 For with the Lord is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his lawless deeds.⁠

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Compare LXX Psalms 129:8 and Titus 2:14

Septuagint · New Testament

Summary

The Greek Septuagint text of Psalm 129 promises that God will redeem Israel from all its iniquities. Titus echoes this word for word, applying the promise to Jesus saving his people from lawlessness.

Passages

LXX Psalms 129:8

Septuagint

6 My soul has hoped in the Lord; from the morning watch till night: from the morning watch let Israel hope in the Lord. 7 For with the Lord is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his lawless deeds.

100–1 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in LXX Psalms

Titus 2:14

New Testament

13 as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good. 15 So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don’t let anyone look down on you.

90–100 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in Titus

References

... But a more specific intertextual cue is given as the verse goes on to name the hostile environment from which people are redeemed—“from all iniquity/lawlessness”: Psalm 129:8 LXX: It is he who will redeem Israel [lytrōsetai ton Israēl] from all its iniquities [ek pasōn tōn anomiōn autou]. Titus 2:14b: in order that he might redeem us [lytrōsētai hēmas] from all iniquity [apo pasēs anomias]. The contact points suggest that the primary scriptural echo is the Greek text of Psalm 129:8 (130:8 ET). The changes are basically cosmetic: from “Israel” to “us” (= followers of the Messiah, and thus the substitution of the plural for the collective singular; doctrine-like sayings are often applied to believers by means of personal pronouns), and from the plural formulation (“from all its iniquities”) to a generalizing singular (“from all iniquity”). In both cases redemption is “from all lawlessness.” The term anomia was used frequently in the Old Testament to depict opposition to God’s law ...

Philip H. Towner, "1-2 Timothy and Titus" in Beale, G. K., and D. A. Carson, editors. Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (Baker Academic; Apollos, 2007), 904.

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Compare LXX Psalms 129:8 and Titus 2:14

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Titus 2:14

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