105:15 saying, 1 “Don’t touch my chosen 2 ones!
Don’t harm my prophets!”
105:16 He called down a famine upon the earth;
he cut off all the food supply. 3
[105:15] 1 tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
[105:15] 2 tn Heb “anointed.”
[105:16] 3 tn Heb “and every staff of food he broke.” The psalmist refers to the famine that occurred in Joseph’s time (see v. 17 and Gen 41:53-57).
