Psalms 147:9 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 147:9

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

KJV

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ASV

He giveth to the beast his food, Andto the young ravens which cry.

WEB

He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

YLT

Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.

DBT

Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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18 verses on the floor

Matthew 6:26
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Psalms 104:27–28
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
Job 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Genesis 1:30
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Psalms 136:25
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

) may well enough be applied to the first building and fortifying of Jerusalem in his time, and the gathering in of those that had been out-casts in Saul's time. The Septuagint divides it into two; and we may divide it into the first and second part, but both of the same import. We are called upon to praise God,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

His providence supplies bountifully the wild animals in their mountain homes. Lord--literally, "Answer the Lord," that is, in grateful praise to His goodness, thus declared in His acts.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Thus afflictions, for the present, look black, and dark, and unpleasant, and we are in heaviness because of them, as sometimes when the sky is overcast it makes us dull; but they are necessary, for from these clouds of affliction come those showers that make the harvest to yield the peaceable fruits of righteousness ( Heb. xii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Ravens - Which he mentions because they were most contemptible, especially to the Jews, to whom they were unclean: and because they are not only neglected by men, but also forsaken by their dams as soon as ever they can fly, and so are wholly left to the care of Divine providence.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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H929190× in canon H3899298× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 147:9MAT 6:26 JOB 38:41
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 147:9MAT 6:26 PSA 145:15-16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 147:9MAT 6:26 PSA 104:27-28
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 147:9MAT 6:26 MAT 10:29-31
PSA 147:9MAT 6:26 LUK 12:24-32
PSA 147:9JOB 38:41 LUK 12:24
PSA 147:9LUK 12:24 LUK 12:7
PSA 147:9LUK 12:24 MAT 10:31

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