cha.sid describes people identified with God in prayer, worship, covenant, and preservation, and can also describe God’s own conduct.

The term most often identifies people associated with God: they pray, praise, rejoice, enter covenantal worship, and are kept or delivered. In a smaller set of clauses, the same adjective is applied to God in statements about his response and conduct.

1. People identified with God · dominant

   Construct plural forms identify a group as belonging to God or associated with him: in Psalm 50:5 the APB renders those gathered as “my pious ones” who make covenant by sacrifice, while Psalm 37:28 says that they are not forsaken and are kept. In Psalm 32:6, the absolute singular describes a person who prays to God, and Psalm 145:10 places the plural among those who bless the LORD.

   Psalm 50:5Psalm 37:28Psalm 32:6Psalm 145:10Psalm 97:10Psalm 149:1
2. A quality ascribed to God · occasional

   The masculine singular absolute form is applied to God in clauses about divine conduct. In 2 Samuel 22:26 the APB renders God’s response toward the faithful as “faithful,” while Jeremiah 3:12 gives the divine declaration “I am merciful”; Psalm 145:17 likewise describes the LORD’s deeds as “faithful.”

   2 Samuel 22:26Jeremiah 3:12Psalm 145:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously uses “pious ones,” “saints,” “faithful,” “godly,” and, in clauses about God, “faithful” or “merciful.” These are presentations of the surrounding clauses rather than fixed translations in every occurrence.