New English Translation
Psalms 145:15
15Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis.
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 eternal kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. 14The Lord supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over. Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis. 16You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food they desire. 17The Lord is just in all his actions, and exhibits love in all he does.
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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 has compassion on all he has made.
- Psalms 104:21The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.
- Psalms 136:25to the one who gives food to all living things, for his loyal love endures.
- Psalms 147:8He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.
- Genesis 1:30And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give every green plant for food.” It was so.
- Job 38:39“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,
- Joel 2:22Do not fear, wild animals! For the pastures of the wilderness are again green with grass. Indeed, the trees bear their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield to their fullest.
- Matthew 6:26Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are?
- 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!
- Acts 17:25nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.
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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