Psalms 105:40-45

105:40 They asked for food, ¹  and he sent quails;

he satisfied them with food from the sky. ² 

105:41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out;

a river ran through dry regions.

105:42 Yes, ³  he remembered the sacred promise ⁴ 

he made to Abraham his servant.

105:43 When he led his people out, they rejoiced;

his chosen ones shouted with joy. ⁵ 

105:44 He handed the territory of nations over to them,

and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, ⁶ 

105:45 so that they might keep his commands

and obey ⁷  his laws.

Praise the Lord!

[105:40]  ¹ 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).

[105:40]  ² tn Or “bread of heaven.” The reference is to manna (see Exod 16:4, 13-15).

[105:42]  ³ tn Or “for.”

[105:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “his holy word.”

[105:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he led his people out with joy, with a ringing cry, his chosen ones.”

[105:44]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the [product of the] work of peoples they possessed.”

[105:45]  ⁷ tn Heb “guard.”