Psalm 104:28 {103:28}
Good News Translation
You give it to them, and they eat it; you provide food, and they are satisfied.

New Revised Standard Version
when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.

Contemporary English Version
and you feed each one with your own hand, until they are full.

New American Bible
When you give it to them, they gather; when you open your hand, they are well filled.

Douay-Rheims Bible
What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.

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Context
How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
27All expect of thee that thou give them food in season. 28What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.29But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.…
Cross References
Matthew 6:26
Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?

Genesis 1:31
And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.

Psalm 65:11
Thou shalt bless the crown of the year of thy goodness: and thy fields shall be filled with plenty.

Psalm 145:16
Thou openest thy hand, and fillest with blessing every living creature.

Psalm 147:9
Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that call upon him.

Psalm 104:27
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