Psalms
Psalm 104:24–28
24How many are Your works, O LORD!
In wisdom You have made them all;
the earth is full of Your creatures.
25Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number,
living things both great and small.
26There the ships pass,
and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
27All creatures look to You
to give them their food in due season.
28When You give it to them,
they gather it up;
when You open Your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Psalm 104:24
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | מָֽה־ | māh- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| many | רַבּ֬וּ | rab·bū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H7231 be or become, many, much |
| are Your works | מַעֲשֶׂ֨יךָ׀ | ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H4639 deed, work |
| O LORD | יְֽהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| In wisdom | בְּחָכְמָ֣ה | bə·ḥā·ḵə·māh | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular | H2451 wisdom |
| You have made them | עָשִׂ֑יתָ | ‘ā·śî·ṯā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| all | כֻּ֭לָּם | kul·lām | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H3605 the whole, all |
| the earth | הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| is full of | מָלְאָ֥ה | mā·lə·’āh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H4390 be full, fill |
| Your creatures | קִנְיָנֶֽךָ׃ | qin·yā·ne·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H7075 thing got or aquired, acquisition |
Psalm 104:25
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Here | זֶ֤ה׀ | zeh | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| is the sea | הַיָּ֥ם | hay·yām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3220 sea |
| vast | גָּדוֹל֮ | gā·ḏō·wl | Adjective - masculine singular | H1419 great |
| and wide | וּרְחַ֪ב | ū·rə·ḥaḇ | Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular construct | H7342 wide, broad |
| teeming with creatures | רֶ֭מֶשׂ | re·meś | Noun - masculine singular | H7431 creeping things, moving things |
| beyond number | וְאֵ֣ין | wə·’ên | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| living things | חַיּ֥וֹת | ḥay·yō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H2416 alive, living |
| both great | גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃ | gə·ḏō·lō·wṯ | Adjective - feminine plural | H1419 great |
| and | עִם־ | ‘im- | Preposition | H5973 with |
| small | קְ֝טַנּ֗וֹת | qə·ṭan·nō·wṯ | Adjective - feminine plural | H6996 small, young, unimportant |
Psalm 104:26
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| There | שָׁ֭ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| the ships | אֳנִיּ֣וֹת | ’o·nî·yō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H591 a ship |
| pass | יְהַלֵּכ֑וּן | yə·hal·lê·ḵūn | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H1980 go, come, walk |
| and Leviathan | לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן | liw·yā·ṯān | Noun - masculine singular | H3882 serpent, dragon, leviathan |
| which | זֶֽה־ | zeh- | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| You formed | יָצַ֥רְתָּ | yā·ṣar·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H3335 form, fashion |
| to frolic | לְשַֽׂחֶק־ | lə·śa·ḥeq- | Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | H7832 laugh |
| there | בּֽוֹ׃ | bōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular |
Psalm 104:27
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | כֻּ֭לָּם | kul·lām | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H3605 the whole, all |
| look | יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן | yə·śab·bê·rūn | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H7663 inspect, examine |
| to You | אֵלֶ֣יךָ | ’ê·le·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| to give | לָתֵ֖ת | lā·ṯêṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5414 give, put, set |
| their food | אָכְלָ֣ם | ’ā·ḵə·lām | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H400 food |
| in due season | בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃ | bə·‘it·tōw | Preposition-b; Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine singular | H6256 time |
Psalm 104:28
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When You give it | תִּתֵּ֣ן | tit·tên | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| to them | לָ֭הֶם | lā·hem | Preposition; Pronoun - third person masculine plural | |
| they gather it up | יִלְקֹט֑וּן | yil·qō·ṭūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H3950 pick or gather up |
| when You open | תִּפְתַּ֥ח | tip̄·taḥ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H6605 open |
| Your hand | יָֽ֝דְךָ֗ | yā·ḏə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| they are satisfied | יִשְׂבְּע֥וּן | yiś·bə·‘ūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited |
| with good things | טֽוֹב׃ | ṭō·wḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 104:24 Jeremiah 10:12 · Psalm 40:5 · Psalm 50:10–12 · Ephesians 3:10 · Romans 11:33 · Psalm 107:31 · Psalm 24:1 · Genesis 1:24–25 · Psalm 136:5 · Psalm 8:3 · Proverbs 8:22–36 · Proverbs 3:19–20
Psalm 104:25 Psalm 69:34 · Psalm 95:4–5 · Acts 28:5 · Genesis 1:28
Psalm 104:26 Psalm 107:23 · Psalm 74:14 · Isaiah 27:1
Psalm 104:27 Psalm 147:9 · Psalm 136:25 · Job 38:41 · Luke 12:24–28 · Psalm 145:15–16 · Job 36:31
Psalm 104:28 Psalm 145:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.