78:55 He drove the nations out from before them;
he assigned them their tribal allotments 4
and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down. 5
105:44 He handed the territory of nations over to them,
and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, 6
1 tn Or perhaps, “for.”
2 tn The words “the produce of” are supplied for clarification.
3 tn Heb “they ate and were sated.” This expression is a hendiadys. The first verb retains its full verbal sense, while the second functions adverbially: “they ate and were filled” = “they ate until they were full.”
4 tn Heb “he caused to fall [to] them with a measuring line an inheritance.”
5 tn Heb “and caused the tribes of Israel to settle down in their tents.”
6 tn Heb “and the [product of the] work of peoples they possessed.”