Psalm 104:21 {103:21}
Good News Translation
The young lions roar while they hunt, looking for the food that God provides.

New Revised Standard Version
The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.

Contemporary English Version
Lions roar as they hunt for the food you provide.

New American Bible
Young lions roar for prey; they seek their food from God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.

the young

Psalm 34:10 The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.

Job 38:39 Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

Isaiah 31:4 For thus saith the Lord to me: Like as the lion roareth, and the lions whelp upon his prey, and when a multitude of shepherds shall come against him, he will not fear at their voice, nor be afraid of their multitude: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight upon mount Sion, and upon the hill thereof.

Ezekiel 19:2 And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?

Amos 3:4 Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

seek

Psalm 147:9 Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that call upon him.

Job 38:41 Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat?

Joel 1:18,20 Why did the beasts groan, why did the herds of cattle low? because there is no pasture for them: yea, and the flocks of sheep are perished. . . .

Joel 2:22 Fear not, ye beasts of the fields: for the beautiful places of the wilderness are sprung, for the tree hath brought forth its fruit, the fig tree, and the vine have yielded their strength.

Context
How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
20Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about: 21The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.22The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens.…
Cross References
Job 37:8
Then the beast shall go into his covert, and shall abide in his den.

Job 38:39
Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

Psalm 145:15
The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: and thou givest them meat in due season.

Joel 1:20
Yea, and the beasts of the field have looked up to thee, as a garden bed that thirsteth after rain, for the springs of waters are dried up, and fire hath devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness.

Amos 3:4
Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

Psalm 104:20
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