Psa 106:15 | JFB | STEP | 15. but sent leanness —rather, " and sent," that is, and thus, even in doing so, the punishment was inflicted at the very time their request was granted. So , "While their meat was yet in their mouths, the wrath of God came upon them." soul —the animal soul, which craves for food ( ). This soul got its wish, and with it and in it its own punishment. The place was therefore called Kibroth-hattaavah, "the graves of lust" [ ], because there they buried the people who had lusted. Animal desires when gratified mostly give only a hungry craving for more ( ).

Psalms 106:15

15. but sent leanness—rather, "and sent," that is, and thus, even in doing so, the punishment was inflicted at the very time their request was granted. So Ps 78:30, "While their meat was yet in their mouths, the wrath of God came upon them."

soul—the animal soul, which craves for food (Nu 11:6; Ps 107:18). This soul got its wish, and with it and in it its own punishment. The place was therefore called Kibroth-hattaavah, "the graves of lust" [Nu 11:34], because there they buried the people who had lusted. Animal desires when gratified mostly give only a hungry craving for more (Jer 2:13).