Discovery BoxPsalms 105:39-45 
Context105:39 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.
105:43 When he led his people out, they rejoiced;
his chosen ones shouted with joy. 6
105:44 He handed the territory of nations over to them,
and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, 7
105:45 so that they might keep his commands
and obey 8 his laws.
Praise the Lord!
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.”
6 tn Heb “and he led his people out with joy, with a ringing cry, his chosen ones.”
7 tn Heb “and the [product of the] work of peoples they possessed.”
8 tn Heb “guard.”
