New English Translation
Psalms 104:27
27All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.
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
25Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large. 26The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it. All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis. 28You give food to them and they receive it; you open your hand and they are filled with food. 29When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life’s breath, they die and return to 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 justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you preserve mankind and the animal kingdom.
- Psalms 136:25to the one who gives food to all living things, for his loyal love endures.
- Psalms 145:15Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis.
- Psalms 147:9He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.
- Job 38:41Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
- Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you 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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