Psalms 104 · Verse 27

Psalms 104:27

These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
Psalms 104:27, King James Version

Psalms 104:27 in other translations

BSBAll creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
WEBThese all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
ASVThese wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season.
YLTAll of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.
DARBYThese all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season:
BBEAll of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.
WebsterThese wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their food in due season.

What does Psalms 104:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 104:27-30
27-30. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 These 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 varied providence of God: "He giveth them their meat in due season."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 104:19-30

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…

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Psalms 104:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֻּ֭לָּםKu.lomall of themH3605
אֵלֶ֣יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּןye.sa.be.Runthey wait !H7663
לָתֵ֖תla.Tetto giveH5414
אָכְלָ֣ם'a.khe.Lamfood theirH400
בְּעִתּֽוֹ\׃be.'i.Toat appropriate time itsH6256

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 104:27

  • 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 better than the fowls? And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. …

  • 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.

  • Job 36:31

    For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

  • Psalms 145:15-16

    The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
36:6; 136:25; 145:15,16; 147:9; Job 38:41; Lu 12:24-28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 104:26

    There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

  • Psalms 104:27

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

  • Psalms 104:28

    That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

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Psalms 104:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Todos ellos esperan en ti, para que les des su comida á su tiempo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tous s’attendent à toi, afin que tu leur donnes leur nourriture en son temps.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sie alle warten auf dich, daß du ihnen ihre Speise gebest zu seiner Zeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Posuit in eis verba signorum suorum, et prodigiorum in terra Cham.