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Psalms 145:15
15The eyes of all look to You [in hopeful expectation], And You give them their food in due time.
Psalms 145:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
- New International Version (NIV)The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And You give them their food in due season.
Context of Psalms 145:15
13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations. 14The Lord upholds all those [of His own] who fall And raises up all those who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to You [in hopeful expectation], And You give them their food in due time. 16You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing. 17The Lord is [unwaveringly] righteous in all His ways And gracious and kind in all His works.
Read all of Psalms 145Psalms 145:15 word by word
עֵֽינֵי־כֹ֭ל אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְשַׂבֵּ֑רוּ וְאַתָּ֤ה נֽוֹתֵן־לָהֶ֖ם אֶת־אָכְלָ֣ם בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 145:15
- Psalms 145:9The Lord is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].
- Psalms 104:21The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God.
- Psalms 136:25Who gives food to all flesh, For His lovingkindness endures forever;
- Psalms 147:8Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
- Genesis 1:30and to all the animals on the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that moves on the ground—to everything in which there is the breath of life—I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so [because He commanded it].
- Job 38:39“Can you [Job] hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions
- Joel 2:22Do not be afraid, you animals of the field, For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green; The tree has produced its fruit, And the fig tree and the vine have yielded in full.
- Matthew 6:26Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the harvest] nor gather [the crops] into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?
- Luke 12:24Consider the ravens, for they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the crop]; they have no storehouse or barn, and yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!
- Acts 17:25nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, because it is He who gives to all [people] life and breath and all things.
Commentaries on Psalms 145:15
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The eyes of all wait upon thee - Margin, Look unto thee. All creatures, on the land, in the air, in the waters; all in heaven; all throughout the universe. That is, It is as if all directed their eyes to thee imploringly for the supply of their needs. To no one else can they look for those things which are needful for them. A universe thus looks every day, every hour, every moment, to its God! How sublime the scene! And thou givest them their meat in due…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-21Verses 10-21 All God's works show forth his praises. He satisfies the desire of every living thing, except the unreasonable children of men, who are satisfied with nothing. He does good to all the children of men; his own people in a special manner. Many children of God, who have been ready to fall into sin, to fall into despair, have tasted his goodness in preventing their falls, or recovering them speedily by his graces and comforts. And with respect to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-20The Lord cares for his creatures.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1615-16. eyes of ... thee--or, look with expecting faith (Psa 104:27, 28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 145
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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