He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.
Parallel translations
- WEB He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.
- KJV He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
- NKJV He has given food to those who fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant.
- NASB He has given food to those who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever.
- NLT He gives food to those who fear him; he always remembers his covenant.
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Quick answer
God provides food for those who fear Him and always keeps His covenant. He faithfully cares for and remembers His people.
Overview
God's provision of 'food' recalls the manna and His ongoing daily care for those who reverence Him. Coupled with His remembering of the covenant, the verse assures believers of God's reliable, covenant-keeping faithfulness. It anticipates Christ, the true bread who sustains His people and seals the new covenant (John 6:35).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ps 105:8He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
- Luke 1:72to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
- Neh 1:5Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Matt 6:26–33Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
- Ps 89:34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
- Ps 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
- Dan 9:4And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Isa 33:16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
- Ps 37:3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- Luke 12:30For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
- Ps 34:9–10Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
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