105:16 He called down a famine upon the earth;
he cut off all the food supply. 1
105:40 They asked for food, 2 and he sent quails;
he satisfied them with food from the sky. 3
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 [i.e., his people] asked.” The singular form should probably be emended to a plural שָׁאֲלוּ (sha’alu, “they asked”), the vav (ו) having fallen off by haplography (note the vav at the beginning of the following form).
3 tn Or “bread of heaven.” The reference is to manna (see Exod 16:4, 13-15).