Psalms 104:27-30

104:27 All of your creatures ¹  wait for you

to provide them with food on a regular basis. ² 

104:28 You give food to them and they receive it;

you open your hand and they are filled with food. ³ 

104:29 When you ignore them, they panic. ⁴ 

When you take away their life’s breath, they die

and return to dust.

104:30 When you send your life-giving breath, they are created,

and you replenish the surface of the ground.

[104:27]  ¹ tn Heb “All of them.” The pronoun “them” refers not just to the sea creatures mentioned in vv. 25-26, but to all living things (see v. 24). This has been specified in the translation as “all of your creatures” for clarity.

[104:27]  ² tn Heb “to give their food in its time.”

[104:28]  ³ tn Heb “they are satisfied [with] good.”

[104:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “you hide your face, they are terrified.”