Psalm 104:27-30

O Lord My God, You Are Very Great

27 These b all look to you,
to c give them their food in due season.
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you d open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you e hide your face, they are f dismayed;
when you g take away their breath, they die
and h return to their dust.
30 When you i send forth your Spirit, 1 they are created,
and you j renew the face of the ground.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 145:15
    The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 104:14
    You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth
    Job 36:31
    For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 145:16
    You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 30:7
    By your favor, O Lord, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed.
    Deuteronomy 31:17
    Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. And many evils and troubles will come upon them, so that they will say in that day, 'Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
  5. Cross References
    Job 23:15
    Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.
  6. Cross References
    Job 34:14
    If he should set his heart to it and gather to himself his spirit and his breath.
  7. Cross References
    Job 10:9
    Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
  8. Cross References
    Job 33:4
    The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
  9. Cross References
    Revelation 21:5
    And he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.
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