Mazmur 105:39-42

105:39 He spread out a cloud for a cover, ¹ 

and provided a fire to light up the night.

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

he satisfied them with food from the sky. ³ 

105:41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out;

a river ran through dry regions.

105:42 Yes, ⁴  he remembered the sacred promise ⁵ 

he made to Abraham his servant.

[105:39]  ¹ tn Or “curtain.”

[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).

[105:42]  ⁴ tn Or “for.”

[105:42]  ⁵ tn Heb “his holy word.”