Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 104:27
27All of them wait for you to give them their food at the right time.
Psalms 104:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
- New International Version (NIV)All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.
- English Standard Version (ESV)These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.
- New King James Version (NKJV)These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season.
Context of Psalms 104:27
25Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number — living things both large and small. 26There the ships move about, and Leviathan, which you formed to play there. All of them wait for you to give them their food at the right time. 28When you give it to them, they gather it; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things. 29When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
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כֻּ֭לָּם אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן לָתֵ֖ת אָכְלָ֣ם בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 104:27
- Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your judgments like the deepest sea. Lord, you preserve people and animals.
- Psalms 136:25He gives food to every creature. His faithful love endures forever.
- Psalms 145:15All eyes look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.
- Psalms 147:9He provides the animals with their food, and the young ravens what they cry for.
- Job 38:41Who provides the raven’s food when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
- Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: They don’t sow or reap; they don’t have a storeroom or a barn; yet God feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than the birds?
Commentaries on Psalms 104:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27These wait all upon thee - The innumerable fry of the smaller aquatic animals, as well as whales, dolphins, porpoises, and sharks, all have their meat from God. He has in his gracious providence furnished that sort of food which is suitable to all. And this provision is various; not only for every kind of fish does God provide food, but a different kind of aliment for each in its different periods of growth. Here are displayed the goodness and infinitely…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27These wait all upon thee - That is, These are all dependent on thee. It does not, of course, mean that they “wait” in the sense that they are conscious of their dependence on God, but that they are “actually” dependent. The original word implies the idea of “expecting” or “hoping,” and is so rendered in the Septuagint and Vulgate. They have no other ground of expectation or hope but in thee. That thou mayest give them their meat in due season - Their food…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-30Verses 19-30 We are to praise and magnify God for the constant succession of day and night. And see how those are like to the wild beasts, who wait for the twilight, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Does God listen to the language of mere nature, even in ravenous creatures, and shall he not much more interpret favourably the language of grace in his own people, though weak and broken groanings which cannot be uttered? There is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-30All living things depend on the Lord, who provides what they need and who has power over life and death (compare Matthew 6:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3027-30. The entire dependence of this immense family on God is set forth. With Him, to kill or make alive is equally easy. To hide His face is to withdraw favor (Psa 13:1). By His spirit, or breath, or mere word, He gives life. It is His constant providence which repairs the wastes of time and disease.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 104
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- 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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