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.
1 tn Or “curtain.”
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).
3 tn Or “bread of heaven.” The reference is to manna (see Exod 16:4, 13-15).
4 tn Or “for.”
5 tn Heb “his holy word.”