Psalms 145:15–16
The eyes of all look to God, who opens his hand and satisfies every living thing
Study it word by word15The eyes of all wait for you, and you give them their food in its season.
16You open your hand and satisfy every living thing with favor.
In its context
13Your kingdom is a kingdom of all ages, and your dominion is throughout all generations.
14YHWH upholds all who fall, and makes straight all who are bent down.
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17Righteous is YHWH in all his ways, and faithful in all his works.
18Near is YHWH to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Its words in the original
- עֵינֵיene· eye
Eye. "In someone's eyes" means "in his opinion"; "find favor in the eyes of" is to please him. Also a spring of water.
- יְשַׂבֵּרוּyesaberu· wait, hope
Wait patiently, look toward something with expectation.
- נוֹתֵןnoten· give, put, set
Give, in a very wide sense: hand over, put, place, grant, allow, make something be.
- אָכְלָachla· food
Food, provisions.
- עִתּit· time
Time, moment, season; "now".
- פּוֹתֵחַpoteach· open, engrave
Open; loosen, set free. In another form, engrave (cut lines in stone or metal).
- יָדֶyade· hand, power
Hand. Figuratively, power or control ("into the hand of" = into the power of); also side, part, or share. Also a projecting piece, such as a tenon.
- מַשְׂבִּיעַmasbia· be satisfied
Be filled, be satisfied.
- חַיchay· living, animal, life
Living, alive; also fresh (of water). As a noun, "living thing" or "animal" (above all wild animals); in the plural, "life".
- רָצוֹןratson· favor, will
What pleases: favor, goodwill, will; also willfulness, whim.