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Psalm 104:14-16
New English Translation
Psalm 104:14-16
New English Translation
14 He provides grass[a] for the cattle,
and crops for people to cultivate,[b]
so they can produce food from the ground,[c]
15 as well as wine that makes people glad,[d]
and olive oil to make their faces shine,[e]
as well as bread that sustains them.[f]
16 The trees of the Lord[g] receive all the rain they need,[h]
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:14 tn Heb “causes the grass to sprout up.”
- Psalm 104:14 tn Heb “for the service of man” (see Gen 2:5).
- Psalm 104:14 tn Heb “to cause food to come out from the earth.”
- Psalm 104:15 tn Heb “and wine [that] makes the heart of man happy.”
- Psalm 104:15 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”).
- Psalm 104:15 tn Heb “and food [that] sustains the heart of man.”
- Psalm 104:16 sn The trees of the Lord are the cedars of Lebanon (see the next line), which are viewed as special because of their great size and grandeur. The Lebanon forest was viewed elsewhere in the OT as the “garden of God” (see Ezek 31:8).
- Psalm 104:16 tn Heb “are satisfied,” which means here that they receive abundant rain (see v. 13).
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