Psalms 104:21

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
lions	הַ֭כְּפִירִים Ha.ke.fi.rim	H3715	a village (as covered in by walls) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
roar	שֹׁאֲגִ֣ים sho.'a.Gim	H7580	to rumble or moan · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
prey	לַטָּ֑רֶף la.Ta.ref	H2964	something torn · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
seek	וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ u.le.va.Kesh	H1245	to search out (by any method · conjunction + preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
meat	אָכְלָֽם 'a.khe.Lam	H400	food · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
God	מֵאֵ֣ל me.'El	H410	strength · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Job 38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Joel 1:20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness…
Psalms 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Ezekiel 19:2-14 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
Joel 2:22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vi…
Job 38:41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Psalms 145:15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Psalms 147:9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:19-30

We are here taught to praise and magnify God, I. For the constant revolutions and succession of day and night, and the dominion of sun and moon over them. The heathen were so affected with the light and influence of the sun and moon, and their serviceableness to the earth, that they worshipped them as deities; and therefore the scripture takes all occasions to show that the gods they worshipped are the creatures and servants of the true God (Psa 104:19): He appointed the moon for seasons, for the measuring of the months, the directing of the seasons for the business of the husbandman, and the governing of the tides. The full and change, the increase and decrease, of the moon, exactly observe…

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John Gill on Psalms 104:21

The young lions roar after their prey,.... Or, "at the prey" (f); for, according to the Scriptures, it seems as if their time of roaring was when they have got their prey, and are tearing it and feeding on it, and not till then, Amos 3:4 though naturalists tell us, that, when they are pinched with hunger, they make such a hideous roaring, as quite stupefies, as well as terrifies, other creatures; that they have no power to stir, till they come up to them, and become their prey, who otherwise could outrun them; for the lion is neither a swift creature, nor of good scent: wherefore, according to credible accounts, a creature called a "jackal", little bigger than a fox, hunts its prey for it, a…

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John Calvin on Psalms 104:16-23

Psalm 104:16-18 16. The trees of Jehovah [188] shall be satiated; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; 17. For there the birds build their nests: the stork, [189] whose dwelling is the fir trees. 18. The high mountains are for the deer [190] and the rocks are a place of shelter for the hedgehogs. [191] 16. The trees of Jehovah shall be satiated The Psalmist again treats of God's general providence in cherishing all the parts of the world. In the first place, he asserts, that by the watering of which he had spoken the trees are satiated, or filled with sap, that thus flourishing they may be a place of abode to the birds. He next declares, that the wild deer and conies have also the…

The Church Fathers

The young lions roaring, that they may seize, and seek from God their food. He said fittingly, from God: since indeed he desires to deceive the saints — for example, Judas, David, Solomon, Peter — as it is written: "His food is choice."
— Jerome, Homily 30, on Psalm 103

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Dictionary and topics

Lions — The most powerful of all carnivorous animals. Although not now found in Palestine, they must have been in ancient times very numerous there. They had their lairs in the forests (Jer. 5:6; 12:8; Amos…
Providence — Literally means foresight, but is generally used to denote God’s preserving and governing all things by means of second causes (Ps. 18:35; 63:8; Acts 17:28; Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3). God’s providence…
Animals · God’s — God’s
Lion, The · God provides for — God provides for
Night · Wild beasts go forth in search of prey during — Wild beasts go forth in search of prey during

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 104:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:19-30

John Gill on Psalms 104:21

John Calvin on Psalms 104:16-23

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 104:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:19-30

John Gill on Psalms 104:21

John Calvin on Psalms 104:16-23

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 104:19-23

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 104:20-23

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 104:21