Mazmur 104:14-15

104:14 He provides grass ¹  for the cattle,

and crops for people to cultivate, ² 

so they can produce food from the ground, ³ 

104:15 as well as wine that makes people feel so good, ⁴ 

and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, ⁵ 

as well as food that sustains people’s lives. ⁶ 

Mazmur 111:5

111:5 He gives ⁷  food to his faithful followers; ⁸ 

he always remembers his covenant. ⁹ 

Mazmur 132:15

132:15 I will abundantly supply what she needs; ¹⁰ 

I will give her poor all the food they need. ¹¹ 

Mazmur 145:15

145:15 Everything looks to you in anticipation, ¹² 

and you provide them with food on a regular basis. ¹³ 

[104:14]  ¹ tn Heb “causes the grass to sprout up.”

[104:14]  ² tn Heb “for the service of man” (see Gen 2:5).

[104:14]  ³ tn Heb “to cause food to come out from the earth.”

[104:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “and wine [that] makes the heart of man happy.”

[104:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “to make [the] face shine from oil.” The Hebrew verb צָהַל (tsahal, “to shine”) occurs only here in the OT. It appears to be an alternate form of צָהַר (tsahar), a derivative from צָהָרִים (tsaharim, “noon”).

[104:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “and food [that] sustains the heart of man.”

[111:5]  ⁷ tn Or “gave,” if the events of the exodus and conquest period (see v. 6, 9) are primarily in view.

[111:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “those who fear him.”

[111:5]  ⁹ tn Or “he remembers his covenant forever” (see Ps 105:8).

[132:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I will greatly bless her provision.” The infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the verb.

[132:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “her poor I will satisfy [with] food.”

[145:15]  ¹² tn Heb “the eyes of all wait for you.”

[145:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “and you give to them their food in its season” (see Ps 104:27).