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Psalm 105:15-17
New English Translation
Psalm 105:15-17
New English Translation
15 saying,[a] “Don’t touch my chosen ones.[b]
Don’t harm my prophets.”
16 He called down a famine upon the earth;
he cut off all the food supply.[c]
17 He sent a man ahead of them[d]—
Joseph was sold as a servant.
Footnotes
- Psalm 105:15 tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
- Psalm 105:15 tn Heb “anointed.”
- Psalm 105:16 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).
- Psalm 105:17 tn After the reference to the famine in v. 16, v. 17 flashes back to events that preceded the famine (see Gen 37).
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