Psalms 73:26

73:26 My flesh and my heart may grow weak, ¹ 

but God always ²  protects my heart and gives me stability. ³ 

Psalms 78:27

78:27 He rained down meat on them like dust,

birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores. ⁴ 

Psalms 78:20

78:20 Yes, ⁵  he struck a rock and water flowed out,

streams gushed forth.

But can he also give us food?

Will he provide meat for his people?”

[73:26]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb כָלָה (khalah, “to fail; to grow weak”) does not refer here to physical death per se, but to the physical weakness that sometimes precedes death (see Job 33:21; Pss 71:9; 143:7; Prov 5:11).

[73:26]  ² tn Or “forever.”

[73:26]  ³ tn Heb “is the rocky summit of my heart and my portion.” The psalmist compares the Lord to a rocky summit where one could go for protection and to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel.

[78:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “and like the sand of the seas winged birds.”

[78:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “look.”