Psalms 104:15

We get grapes to make [MTY] wine to drink and make us cheerful, and we get olives to make [MTY] olive oil to put on our skin and cause it to shine, and we get grain to make [MTY] bread to give us strength.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.

In Context

14You make/cause grass to grow for the cattle to eat, and you make/cause plants to grow for people. In that way animals and people get their food from what grows in the soil.

16Yahweh, you send plenty of rain to water your trees, the cedar trees that you planted in Lebanon.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:5Since you have come here to me, allow me to bring you some food [SYN] so that you can feel refreshed before you leave.” Yahweh replied, “All right, do as you have said.”

Deuteronomy 8:3So he caused you to have/experience difficulties. He allowed you to become hungry. Then he gave you manna food from heaven, food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did that to teach you that people need food for their bodies; but they also need food for their spirits, which comes from paying attention to everything that Yahweh says [MTY].

Judges 9:9“But the olive tree said, ‘No! I will not be your king Men and gods enjoy the oil from my fruit. I will not [RHQ] stop producing olives from which we make that oil, in order to rule over you other trees!’

Judges 19:5On the fourth day, they all got up early in the morning. The man from the tribe of Levi was preparing to leave, but the woman’s father said to him, “Eat something before you go.”

Psalms 23:5You prepare a great feast for me, in a place where my enemies can see me. You joyfully receive me, as people joyfully receive the guests they have invited by pouring olive oil over their heads. You have given me very many blessings!

Psalms 105:16He sent a famine to Canaan, and as a result all the people had no food to eat.

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 →

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