Psalms 147:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

Psalms 147:9 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.
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 136:25
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 145:15-16
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-11)

Here, I. The duty of praise is recommended to us. It is not without reason that we are thus called to it again and again: Praise you the Lord (Ps. 147:1), and again (Ps. 147:7), Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving, sing praise upon the harp to our God (let all our praises be directed to him and centre in him), for it is good to do so; it is our duty, and therefore good in itself; it is our intere…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

7-9. His providence supplies bountifully the wild animals in their mountain homes. Sing ... Lord--literally, “Answer the Lord,” that is, in grateful praise to His goodness, thus declared in His acts.