105:16 He called down a famine upon the earth;
he cut off all the food supply. 1
105:31 He ordered flies to come; 2
gnats invaded their whole territory.
105:34 He ordered locusts to come, 3
innumerable grasshoppers.
1 tn Heb “and every staff of food he broke.” The psalmist refers to the famine that occurred in Joseph’s time (see v. 17 and Gen 41:53-57).
2 tn Heb “he spoke and flies came.”
3 tn Heb “he spoke and locusts came.”