Psalms 104:27

These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
wait	יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן ye.sa.be.Run	H7663	to scrutinize · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun
give	לָתֵ֖ת la.Tet	H5414	to give · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
meat	אָכְלָ֣ם 'a.khe.Lam	H400	food · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
season	בְּעִתּֽוֹ be.'i.To	H6256	time · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 147:9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Job 38:41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Luke 12:24-28 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye bette…
Psalms 145:15-16 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Job 36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
Psalms 36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

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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 104:27

These wait all upon thee,.... Or "hope in thee" (s); not only the fishes of the sea, but the beasts of the field; for to them the psalmist returns, as Aben Ezra observes; to whom hope and expectation of their food and waiting for it at the hands of God, are ascribed; the allusion seems to be to tame creatures, who come at their certain times and wait on them that have been used to give them their food; and it may instruct us to wait on the Lord, as for our daily bread, so for our spiritual food, in prayer, and in public ordinances, where and from whom we may hope and expect to have it. That thou mayest give them their meat in due season; or "in his time" (t); everyone in its own time, which…

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John Calvin on Psalms 104:27-30

Psalm 104:27-30 27. All things wait upon thee, that thou mayest give them food in their season. 28. Thou shalt give it to them, and they shall gather it: thou shalt open thy hand, and they shall be filled [or satiated] with good. 29. Thou shalt hide thy face, and they shall be afraid: thou shalt take away their spirit, and they shall die, and return to their dust. 30. Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: [197] and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. 27. All these wait upon thee The prophet here again describes God as acting the part of the master of a household, and a foster-father towards all sorts of living creatures, by providing liberally for them. He had sa…

The Church Fathers

All things wait upon you, that you may give them food in due season. Because all things live by God's nod.
— Jerome, Homily 30, on Psalm 103

They all look to thee to give them their food in due season; as if he said, Thou nourishest us, preparing our food from the products of each season
— Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 8

Therefore, let us all gaze upon Him, that He may feed our starving souls, He who hungered for us, who became poor though He was rich, that we might be enriched by His poverty. Just before this, we appropriately sang to Him: "All things look to You to give them their food at the proper time." If all things, then all of us. If all of us, then we too. Therefore, if we are to offer anything good in speech, it is not we who give it, but He from whom we all receive, because we all expect from Him. The time is right, let Him give, but let us do what He said to receive, that is, let us expect from Him. Let us gaze upon Him with our hearts. Just as the eyes and ears of the body are towards us, so the eyes and ears of the heart are towards Him.
— Augustine of Hippo, Sermon 2.6

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Dictionary and topics

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…
Insects · Fed by God — Fed by God
Providence Of God, The · Is exercised in: Providing for his creatures — Is exercised in: Providing for his creatures
Waiting · .As the giver of all temporal blessings — .As the giver of all temporal blessings
Waiting Upon God · As the Giver of all temporal blessings — As the Giver of all temporal blessings

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 104:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:19-30

John Gill on Psalms 104:27

John Calvin on Psalms 104:27-30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 104:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:19-30

John Gill on Psalms 104:27

John Calvin on Psalms 104:27-30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 104:24-30

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 104:27-30

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 104:27