Psalms 78:18

78:18 They willfully challenged God ¹ 

by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

Psalms 105:40

105:40 They asked for food, ²  and he sent quails;

he satisfied them with food from the sky. ³ 

Psalms 109:10

109:10 May his children ⁴  roam around begging,

asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! ⁵ 

Psalms 122:6

122:6 Pray ⁶  for the peace of Jerusalem!

May those who love her prosper! ⁷ 

[78:18]  ¹ tn Heb “and they tested God in their heart.” The “heart” is viewed here as the center of their volition.

[105:40]  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).

[105:40]  ³ tn Or “bread of heaven.” The reference is to manna (see Exod 16:4, 13-15).

[109:10]  ³ tn Or “sons.”

[109:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and roaming, may his children roam and beg, and seek from their ruins.” Some, following the LXX, emend the term וְדָרְשׁוּ (vÿdoreshu, “and seek”) to יְגֹרְשׁוּ (yÿgoreshu; a Pual jussive, “may they be driven away” [see Job 30:5; cf. NIV, NRSV]), but דָּרַשׁ (darash) nicely parallels שִׁאֵלוּ (shi’elu, “and beg”) in the preceding line.

[122:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “ask [for].”

[122:6]  ⁵ tn Or “be secure.”