78:18 They willfully challenged God 1
by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.
109:10 May his children 2 roam around begging,
asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! 3
1 tn Heb “and they tested God in their heart.” The “heart” is viewed here as the center of their volition.
2 tn Or “sons.”
3 tn Heb “and roaming, may his children roam and beg, and seek from their ruins.” Some, following the LXX, emend the term וְדָרְשׁוּ (vÿdoreshu, “and seek”) to יְגֹרְשׁוּ (yÿgoreshu; a Pual jussive, “may they be driven away” [see Job 30:5; cf. NIV, NRSV]), but דָּרַשׁ (darash) nicely parallels שִׁאֵלוּ (shi’elu, “and beg”) in the preceding line.