Psalms 104:14
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
13He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.
Cross References
Genesis 1:12And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit in which is the seed of it, according to their kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 2:5And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up, for LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth. And there was not a man to till the ground,
Genesis 3:18Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field.
Genesis 9:3Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. As the green herb, I have given you all.
1 Kings 18:5And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the beasts.
Job 38:27to satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:11-19
The Divine Bounty. 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; 15 And wine that maketh… Read the whole commentary →