Bible Strands
Psalms 103:5
who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses his own soul in a litany of praise, enumerating what the LORD does for the one who belongs to him. This verse sits between redemption from the Pit (Psalms 103:4) and justice for the oppressed (Psalms 103:6).
The words — עֲדֵיךָ ('adeikha, H5716) is literally "your ornaments/adornments," narrower than the BSB's "good things." תִּתְחַדֵּשׁ (titkhaddeish, H2318) is Hithpael — "it renews itself" — a reflexive form that makes the renewal intrinsic rather than externally imposed.
The thread — Isaiah 40:31 pairs renewed strength with eagle imagery in a promise to those who wait on the LORD. Psalms 107:9 uses the same root for satisfying (שבע) in the context of God filling the hungry.
Why it lands — The verse frames provision as restoration of youth, not accumulation of goods. It asks the reader to receive satisfaction as something done to them, not something they earn or maintain.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Psalms 107:9 For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- 1 Timothy 6:17 Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- Psalms 63:5 My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
- Psalms 104:28 When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
- Psalms 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- Psalms 65:4 Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- Hosea 2:15 There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
- Psalms 115:15 May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.