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Psalm 104:14–15

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104:14He provides grass14 for the cattle,

and crops for people to cultivate,15

so they can produce food from the ground,16

104:15as well as wine that makes people feel so good,17

and so they can have oil to make their faces shine,18

as well as food that sustains people’s lives.19

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Footnotes

  1. 14 Heb “causes the grass to sprout up.”
  2. 15 Heb “for the service of man” (see Gen 2:5).
  3. 16 Heb “to cause food to come out from the earth.”
  4. 17 Heb “and wine [that] makes the heart of man happy.”
  5. 18 Heb “to make [the] face shine from oil.” The Hebrew verb צָהַל (tsahal, “to shine”) occurs only here in the OT. It appears to be an alternate form of צָהַר (tsahar), a derivative from צָהָרִים (tsaharim, “noon”).
  6. 19 Heb “and food [that] sustains the heart of man.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You cause the grass to grow for the livestock

and plants for man to cultivate,

that he may bring forth food from the earth

and wine to gladden the heart of man,

oil to make his face shine

and bread to strengthen man’s heart.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He makes grass grow for the cattle,

and plants for people to cultivate—

bringing forth food from the earth:

wine that gladdens human hearts,

oil to make their faces shine,

and bread that sustains their hearts.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He causes grass to grow for the livestock

and provides crops for man to cultivate,

producing food from the earth,

wine that makes human hearts glad—

making his face shine with oil—

and bread that sustains human hearts.

NLTNew Living Translation

You cause grass to grow for the livestock

and plants for people to use.

You allow them to produce food from the earth—

wine to make them glad,

olive oil to soothe their skin,

and bread to give them strength.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

who causes grass to grow for the cattle

and herbs for the service of humankind,

to bring forth food from the earth,

and wine that makes glad the heart of man,

so that their faces shine from oil,

and bread that strengthens the heart of man.

KJV 1900King James Version

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle,

And herb for the service of man:

That he may bring forth food out of the earth;

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man,

And oil to make his face to shine,

And bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.