Mazmur 95:10

95:10 For forty years I was continually disgusted ¹  with that generation,

and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray; ² 

they do not obey my commands.’ ³ 

Mazmur 106:24

106:24 They rejected the fruitful land; ⁴ 

they did not believe his promise. ⁵ 

[95:10]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite or an imperfect. If the latter, it emphasizes the ongoing nature of the condition in the past. The translation reflects this interpretation of the verbal form.

[95:10]  ² tn Heb “a people, wanderers of heart [are] they.”

[95:10]  ³ tn Heb “and they do not know my ways.” In this context the Lord’s “ways” are his commands, viewed as a pathway from which his people, likened to wayward sheep (see v. 7), wander.

[106:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “a land of delight” (see also Jer 3:19; Zech 7:14).

[106:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “his word.”