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Psalm 104:13-15
New English Translation
Psalm 104:13-15
New English Translation
13 He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace;[a]
the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow.[b]
14 He provides grass[c] for the cattle,
and crops for people to cultivate,[d]
so they can produce food from the ground,[e]
15 as well as wine that makes people glad,[f]
and olive oil to make their faces shine,[g]
as well as bread that sustains them.[h]
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:13 tn Heb “from his upper rooms.”
- Psalm 104:13 tn Heb “from the fruit of your works the earth is full.” The translation assumes that “fruit” is literal here. If “fruit” is understood more abstractly as “product; result,” then one could translate, “the earth flourishes as a result of your deeds” (cf. NIV, NRSV, REB).
- 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.”
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