Psalms 36:8-9

36:8 They are filled with food from your house,

and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.

36:9 For you are the one who gives

and sustains life. ¹ 

Isaiah 41:17

41:17 The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched from thirst.

I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; ² 

I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

Jeremiah 17:6

17:6 They will be like a shrub ³  in the desert.

They will not experience good things even when they happen.

It will be as though they were growing in the desert,

in a salt land where no one can live.

Revelation 22:1

22:1 Then ⁴  the angel ⁵  showed me the river of the water of life – water as clear as crystal – pouring out ⁶  from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

[36:9]  ¹ tn Heb “for with you is the fountain of life, in your light we see light.” Water (note “fountain”) and light are here metaphors for life.

[41:17]  ² tn Heb “will answer them” (so ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[17:6]  ³ tn This word occurs only here and in Jer 48:6. It has been identified as a kind of juniper, which is a short shrub with minute leaves that look like scales. For a picture and more discussion see Fauna and Flora of the Bible, 131.

[22:1]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[22:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel mentioned in 21:9, 15) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “proceeding.” Water is more naturally thought to pour out or flow out in English idiom.