They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky.

May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper!

Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your personal property.

Violent men perjure themselves, and falsely accuse me.

He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.

Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.

for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: “Sing for us a song about Zion!”

I have asked the Lord for one thing – this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.