Psalms 104:21

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Psalms 104:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

21 The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

22 The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.

23 Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 34:10

Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Job 38:39

Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

Isaiah 31:4

For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey— and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor— so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.

Ezekiel 19:2

and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

Ezekiel 19:3

She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

Ezekiel 19:4

When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 19:5

When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

Ezekiel 19:6

He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

Ezekiel 19:7

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.

Ezekiel 19:8

Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.

Ezekiel 19:9

With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 19:10

Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.

Ezekiel 19:11

It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.

Ezekiel 19:12

But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.

Ezekiel 19:13

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

Ezekiel 19:14

Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?

Psalms 147:9

He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

Job 38:41

Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

Joel 1:18

How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

Joel 1:20

Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

Joel 2:22

Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.