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Psalms 104:21
21The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
Psalms 104:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then the young lions roar for their prey, stalking the food provided by God.
Context of Psalms 104:21
19He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down. 20You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl. The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. 22The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens. 23Then people go out to their work, to their labor until evening.
Read all of Psalms 104Psalms 104:21 word by word
הַ֭כְּפִירִים שֹׁאֲגִ֣ים לַטָּ֑רֶף וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ מֵאֵ֣ל אָכְלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 104:21
- Psalms 34:10The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
- Job 38:39“Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions
- Isaiah 31:4This is what the Lord says to me: “As a lion growls, a great lion over its prey— and though a whole band of shepherds is called together against it, it is not frightened by their shouts or disturbed by their clamor— so the Lord Almighty will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.
- Ezekiel 19:2and say: “ ‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among them and reared her cubs.
- Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing?
- Psalms 147:9He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
- Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
- Joel 1:18How the cattle moan! The herds mill about because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
- Joel 2:22Do not be afraid, you wild animals, for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green. The trees are bearing their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield their riches.
Commentaries on Psalms 104:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21The young lions roar after their prey - It is said of the lion, that his roaring is so terrible as to astonish and quite unnerve the beast which he pursues; so that, though fleeter than himself, it falls down and becomes an easy prey.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21The young lions roar after their prey - This is a continuation of the description in the previous verse. At night the beasts which had been hidden in the daytime crawl forth and seek their food. The lion is particularly specified as one of the beasts that in a general survey would attract attention. The psalmist hears his “roar” as he goes forth in the forest in pursuit of his prey. And seek their meat from God - Their food. That is, God bestows it on…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. 20-23Cycles of darkness and dawn mark the days on earth.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2320-23. He provides and adapts to man's wants the appointed times and seasons.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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