Psalm 145:16 - Printer Friendly

ESV: You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

NIV: You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

NASB: You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

CSB: You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

NLT: When you open your hand, you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.

KJV: Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

NKJV: You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Psalm 145:14–21 focuses on how the Lord demonstrates His kindness. David responds to the Lord's loving care by vowing to praise the Lord, and he calls on everyone to bless the Lord's holy name forever.

David intends to praise the Lord now and forever. Generation after generation will celebrate the amazing things God has done. The psalm praises the Lord for his love and mercy towards mankind. Those who reach out to Him seeking salvation can find it. Because of these attributes, David declares his intent to worship God, calling on every other person to join him.

This psalm is an acrostic: each verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Only the letter nun is skipped. This song strongly magnifies the concept of praising God. Themes mentioned here are found in the other psalms, but they are concentrated in this specific song. Paul used a concept from this psalm when he preached at the Areopagus (Acts 17:27).

The book of Psalms is composed of individual songs, hymns, or poems, each of which is a ''Psalm'' in and of itself. These works contain a wide variety of themes. Some Psalms focus on praising and worshipping God. Others cry out in anguish over the pain of life. Still other Psalms look forward to the coming of the Messiah. While some Psalms are related, each has its own historical and biblical context.

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