Psalm 104:21

Translations

Modern

The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

Traditional

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

Literal

The young lions roar for the prey and seek their food from God.

Latin

…catuli leonum rugientes ut rapiant, et quærant a Deo escam sibi.

Original

Hebrew

English

The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

Notes

Psalms 104:20–23

Cycles of darkness and dawn mark the days on earth.

Psalms 104:19–23

The psalmist rejoices in the order of night and day, marking day four of creation (Genesis 1:14–19). This cycle gives all creatures an opportunity to live.

Psalms 104:1–35

This creation hymn (see also Psalms 8, 33, 145) praises God's goodness and greatness. The psalmist thinks about the current world, the original creation, and a future new creation. He views both creations as wonderfully and wisely made (compare Psalm 139:14), as the work of the Lord's Spirit (104:30; Genesis 1:2; 2 Corinthians 3:6).

Theme notes and profiles

David Beauty in Nature Blessing The Creator-King

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Psalm 145:15
The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
Job 38:41
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
Amos 3:4
Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
Joel 1:18
How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
Isaiah 31:4
For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

David Foreordination Gratitude Music New Creation, New Creature Psalms, Book of Work

Topics

Animals: God's Care of Animals: Habits of Animals: Homes of Blessing: Temporal, from God God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Lions Night: Wild Beasts Go Forth in Search of Prey During The Lion: God Provides For The Lion: Roars when Seeking Prey

Psalm 104:21

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