Mazmur 136:25

136:25 to the one who gives food to all living things, ¹ 

for his loyal love endures.

Mazmur 145:15-16

145:15 Everything looks to you in anticipation, ² 

and you provide them with food on a regular basis. ³ 

145:16 You open your hand,

and fill every living thing with the food they desire. ⁴ 

[136:25]  ¹ tn Heb “to all flesh,” which can refer to all people (see Pss 65:2; 145:21) or more broadly to mankind and animals. Elsewhere the psalms view God as the provider for all living things (see Pss 104:27-28; 145:15).

[145:15]  ² tn Heb “the eyes of all wait for you.”

[145:15]  ³ tn Heb “and you give to them their food in its season” (see Ps 104:27).

[145:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “[with what they] desire.”