God’s Word Translation
Psalms 145:16
16You open your hand, and you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Psalms 145:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
- New International Version (NIV)You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Context of Psalms 145:16
14The Lord supports everyone who falls. He straightens ⌞the backs⌟ of those who are bent over. 15The eyes of all creatures look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand, and you satisfy the desire of every living thing. 17The Lord is fair in all his ways and faithful in everything he does. 18The Lord is near to everyone who prays to him, to every faithful person who prays to him.
Read all of Psalms 145Psalms 145:16 word by word
פּוֹתֵ֥חַ אֶת־יָדֶ֑ךָ וּמַשְׂבִּ֖יעַ לְכָל־חַ֣י רָצֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 145:16
- Psalms 104:28You give it to them, and they gather it up. You open your hand, and they are filled with blessings.
- Psalms 107:9He gave plenty to drink to those who were thirsty. He filled those who were hungry with good food.
- Psalms 132:15I will certainly bless all that Zion needs. I will satisfy its needy people with food.
- Job 38:27to saturate the desolate wasteland in order to make it sprout with grass?
Commentaries on Psalms 145:16
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Thou openest thine hand - By the mere opening of the hand all needful gifts are bestowed on the creatures dependent on thee. The same words are found in Psalm 104:28; see the notes at that passage. And satisfiest the desire of every living thing - All kinds of creatures - people, fowls, beasts, fishes, insects - the innumerable multitudes that swarm on the earth, in the air, in the waters. In Psalm 104:28, it is, “They are filled with good.” The meaning…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
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 16and satisfy every living thing [with] its desire With a sufficiency to sustain him, He satisfies his goodness, his will, and his blessing. desire Heb. רצון, apayement in Old French, propitiation.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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