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Psalms 145:15
The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly, declaring His ongoing provision for all creation. This declaration follows the immediate context of God upholding the fallen and lifting the bowed down.
The words — The Hebrew verb יְשַׂבֵּרוּ (ye.sa.Be.ru) literally means "they wait" or "they look expectantly," paired with נֹתֵן (no.ten), "are giving," to frame the action as dependent expectation met by divine supply.
The thread — The motif of universal creation looking to God for timely sustenance appears in Psalms 104:27 and Psalms 136:25, while the broader theme of God's self-sufficient provision for all life is echoed in Acts 17:25.
Why it lands — The text states that all creatures direct their attention to God and receive their food at His appointed time, requiring the reader to acknowledge human dependence on divine timing rather than autonomous control.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Cross-references
- Psalms 136:25 He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalms 104:27 All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
- Acts 17:25 Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
- Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
- Psalms 147:8 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
- Job 38:39 Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
- Luke 12:24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
- Genesis 1:30 And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
- Psalms 104:21 The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
- Psalms 145:9 The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.