Deuteronomy 7:8 (YLT)

Passage

but because of Jehovah's loving you, and because of His keeping the oath which He hath sworn to your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out by a strong hand, and doth ransom you from a house of servants, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:6 for a holy people <FI>art<Fi> thou to Jehovah thy God; on thee hath Jehovah thy God fixed, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who <FI>are<Fi> on the face of the ground.

Deuteronomy 7:7 `Not because of your being more numerous than any of the peoples hath Jehovah delighted in you, and fixeth on you, for ye <FI>are<Fi> the least of all the peoples,

Deuteronomy 7:8 but because of Jehovah's loving you, and because of His keeping the oath which He hath sworn to your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out by a strong hand, and doth ransom you from a house of servants, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 7:9 `And thou hast known that Jehovah thy God He <FI>is<Fi> God, the faithful God, keeping the covenant, and the kindness, to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands--to a thousand generations,

Deuteronomy 7:10 and repaying to those hating Him, unto their face, to destroy them; He delayeth not to him who is hating Him--unto his face, He repayeth to him--

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah's", "loving", "keeping", "oath", "hath", "sworn", and "fathers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah's" and "loving", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Not because of your being more numerous..." into verse 9's "And thou hast known that Jehovah thy...", so "jehovah's" and "loving" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah's" and "loving" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.