He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
Parallel translations
- WEB He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.
- BSB He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.
- 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 hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
- Luke 1:72To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
- Neh 1:5And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
- Matt 6:26–33Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
- Ps 89:34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
- Ps 106:45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
- Dan 9:4And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
- Isa 33:16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
- Ps 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
- Luke 12:30For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
- Ps 34:9–10O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
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