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Psalms 104:14 — King James Version← Study notes

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;


Psalms 104:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 104:1410 words
HebrewMeaning
מַצְמִ֤יחַmaṣəmiyḥa
he is causing to growverbH6779
bring forth · (cause to · make to) bud · (cause to ···
חָצִ֨ירḥāṣiyr
grassnounH2682
hay · herb · leek
לַ/בְּהֵמָ֗הlabəhēmāh
for the cattlepronH929
cattle
וְ֭/עֵשֶׂבwəʿēśeb
and vegetationconjH6212
herb
לַ/עֲבֹדַ֣תlaʿăbōdat
for the labor ofpronH5656
bondage · bondservant · effect · labour ···
הָ/אָדָ֑םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לְ/ה֥וֹצִיאləhwōṣiyʾ
to bring forthpronH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
לֶ֝֗חֶםleḥem
foodnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
מִןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הָ/אָֽרֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 104:14

1. ...“Bless the Lord, O my soul.” Let the soul of us all, made one in Christ, say this. “O Lord my God, You are magnified exceedingly!” Psalm 103:1. Where are You magnified? “Confession and beauty You have put on.” Confess ye, that you may be beautified, that He may put you on. “Clothed with light as a garment” Psalm 103:2. Clothed with His Church, because she is made “light” in Him, who before was darkness in herself, as the apostle says: “You were sometime darkness, but…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 104 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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