Mazmur 63:10

63:10 Each one will be handed over to the sword; ¹ 

their corpses will be eaten by jackals. ² 

Mazmur 78:19

78:19 They insulted God, saying, ³ 

“Is God really able to give us food ⁴  in the wilderness?

Mazmur 105:16

105:16 He called down a famine upon the earth;

he cut off all the food supply. ⁵ 

Mazmur 136:25

136:25 to the one who gives food to all living things, ⁶ 

for his loyal love endures.

[63:10]  ¹ tn Heb “they will deliver him over to the sword.” The third masculine plural subject must be indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f) and the singular pronominal suffix either representative or distributive (emphasizing that each one will be so treated). Active verbs with indefinite subjects may be translated as passives with the object (in the Hebrew text) as subject (in the translation).

[63:10]  ² tn Heb “they will be [the] portion of jackals”; traditionally, “of foxes.”

[78:19]  ³ tn Heb “they spoke against God, they said.”

[78:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “to arrange a table [for food].”

[105:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “and every staff of food he broke.” The psalmist refers to the famine that occurred in Joseph’s time (see v. 17 and Gen 41:53-57).

[136:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “to all flesh,” which can refer to all people (see Pss 65:2; 145:21) or more broadly to mankind and animals. Elsewhere the psalms view God as the provider for all living things (see Pss 104:27-28; 145:15).