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Psalms 107:9
For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks to a congregation of the delivered, inserting this line between a call to give thanks (v. 8) and a new group in distress (v. 10). It functions as a general statement of God's character that grounds the specific testimonies that follow.
The words — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh) is literally "throat," the organ of swallowing; here it names the whole person in a state of need, reducing satisfaction to the physical act of being fed.
The thread — The same hunger-and-filling pattern appears in Matthew 5:6 (hunger and thirst for righteousness, "they will be filled"), Jeremiah 31:25 ("refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak"), and Psalms 34:10 ("those who seek the LORD lack no good thing").
Why it lands — The verse makes no conditional; it states what God does, leaving the reader with only one question: whether they will recognize themselves as the thirsty or the hungry.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Cross-references
- Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- Jeremiah 31:25 for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”
- Psalms 34:10 Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- Luke 1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
- Psalms 146:7 He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
- Psalms 22:26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
- Isaiah 55:1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Revelation 7:16 ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
- Psalms 132:15 I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
- Jeremiah 31:14 I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.