Psalms 145:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The eyes of all wait for thee; And thou givest them their food in due season.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֵֽינֵי־כֹ֭ל אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְשַׂבֵּ֑רוּ וְאַתָּ֤ה נֽוֹתֵן־לָהֶ֖ם אֶת־אָכְלָ֣ם בְּעִתּֽוֹ

Transliteration

ʿÊnê-ḵōl ʾēleyḵā yᵊśabbērû and you wᵊʾattâ nôtēn-lāhem ʾet-ʾoḵlām bᵊʿittô

Grammar Details

*ʿÊnê*: noun feminine dual construct - eyes of
*ḵōl*: noun masculine singular - all/everyone
*ʾēleyḵā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*yᵊśabbērû*: Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they wait expectantly
*wᵊʾattâ*: conjunction + pronoun 2nd person masculine singular - and you
*nôtēn*: Qal participle masculine singular - giving
*lāhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
*ʾet-ʾoḵlām*: direct object marker + noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their food
*bᵊʿittô*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in its time

Word Meanings

*ʿÊnê-ḵōl*: eyes of all/everyone looks/all eyes
*yᵊśabbērû*: they wait expectantly/look hopefully/hope
*nôtēn-lāhem*: giving to them/providing them
*ʾet-ʾoḵlām*: their food/their nourishment
*bᵊʿittô*: in its time/at the proper time/in due season

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 104:27 : 27 These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season.
Ps 136:25 : 25 Who giveth food to all flesh; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
Ps 147:8-9 : 8 Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, [And] to the young ravens which cry.
Acts 17:25 : 25 neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Matt 6:26 : 26 Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value then they?
Luke 12:24 : 24 Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!
Ps 145:9 : 9 Jehovah is good to all; And his tender mercies are over all his works.
Gen 1:30 : 30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so.
Job 38:39-41 : 39 Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, 40 When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait? 41 Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, [And] wander for lack of food?
Ps 104:21 : 21 The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.
Joel 2:22 : 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.

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