4:7 You make me happier 1
than those who have abundant grain and wine. 2
78:24 He rained down manna for them to eat;
he gave them the grain of heaven. 3
147:14 He 4 brings peace to your territory. 5
He abundantly provides for you 6 the best grain.
1 tn Heb “you place joy in my heart.” Another option is to understand the perfect verbal form as indicating certitude, “you will make me happier.”
2 tn Heb “from (i.e., more than) the time (when) their grain and their wine are abundant.”
3 sn Manna was apparently shaped like a seed (Exod 16:31), perhaps explaining why it is here compared to grain.
4 tn Heb “the one who.”
5 tn Heb “he makes your boundary peace.”
6 tn Heb “satisfies you with.”