Psalms 106:24-27

106:24 They rejected the fruitful land; ¹ 

they did not believe his promise. ² 

106:25 They grumbled in their tents; ³ 

they did not obey ⁴  the Lord.

106:26 So he made a solemn vow ⁵ 

that he would make them die ⁶  in the desert,

106:27 make their descendants ⁷  die ⁸  among the nations,

and scatter them among foreign lands. ⁹ 

[106:24]  ¹ tn Heb “a land of delight” (see also Jer 3:19; Zech 7:14).

[106:24]  ² tn Heb “his word.”

[106:25]  ³ sn They grumbled in their tents. See Deut 1:27.

[106:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “did not listen to the voice of.”

[106:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he lifted his hand to [or “concerning”] them.” The idiom “to lift a hand” here refers to swearing an oath. One would sometimes solemnly lift one’s hand when making such a vow (see Ezek 20:5-6, 15).

[106:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “to cause them to fall.”

[106:27]  ⁷ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[106:27]  ⁸ tn Heb “and to cause their offspring to fall.” Some emend the verb to “scatter” to form tighter parallelism with the following line (cf. NRSV “disperse”).

[106:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “among the lands.” The word “foreign” is supplied in the translation for clarification.