Discovery BoxPsalms 37:25 
Context37:25 I was once young, now I am old.
I have never seen a godly man abandoned,
or his children 1 forced to search for food. 2
Psalms 77:6
Context77:6 I said, “During the night I will remember the song I once sang;
I will think very carefully.”
I tried to make sense of what was happening. 3
Psalms 103:16
Context103:16 but when the hot wind 4 blows by, it disappears,
and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
1 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
2 tn Heb “or his offspring searching for food.” The expression “search for food” also appears in Lam 1:11, where Jerusalem’s refugees are forced to search for food and to trade their valuable possessions for something to eat.
3 tn Heb “I will remember my song in the night, with my heart I will reflect. And my spirit searched.” As in v. 4, the words of v. 6a are understood as what the psalmist said earlier. Consequently the words “I said” are supplied in the translation for clarification (see v. 10). The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive at the beginning of the final line is taken as sequential to the perfect “I thought” in v. 6.
4 tn Heb “[the] wind.” The word “hot” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
