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Psalm 104:27-29
New English Translation
Psalm 104:27-29
New English Translation
27 All your creatures[a] wait for you
to provide them with food on a regular basis.[b]
28 You give food to them and they receive it;
you open your hand and they are filled with food.[c]
29 When you ignore them, they panic.[d]
When you take away their life’s breath,
they die and return to dust.
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:27 tn Heb “All of them.” The pronoun “them” refers not just to the sea creatures mentioned in vv. 25-26, but to all living things (see v. 24). This has been specified in the translation as “all of your creatures” for clarity.
- Psalm 104:27 tn Heb “to give their food in its time.”
- Psalm 104:28 tn Heb “they are satisfied [with] good.”
- Psalm 104:29 tn Heb “you hide your face, they are terrified.”
Psalm 104:27-29
English Standard Version
Psalm 104:27-29
English Standard Version
27 These (A)all look to you,
to (B)give them their food in due season.
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you (C)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you (D)hide your face, they are (E)dismayed;
when you (F)take away their breath, they die
and (G)return to their dust.
Psalm 104:27-29
New International Version
Psalm 104:27-29
New International Version
27 All creatures look to you
to give them their food(A) at the proper time.
28 When you give it to them,
they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfied(B) with good things.
29 When you hide your face,(C)
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.(D)
Psalm 104:27-29
New King James Version
Psalm 104:27-29
New King James Version
27 (A)These all wait for You,
That You may give them their food in due season.
28 What You give them they gather in;
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.
29 You hide Your face, they are troubled;
(B)You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
Psalm 104:27-29
King James Version
Psalm 104:27-29
King James Version
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
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