116:9 I will serve 1 the Lord
in the land 2 of the living.
136:25 to the one who gives food to all living things, 3
for his loyal love endures.
145:16 You open your hand,
and fill every living thing with the food they desire. 4
1 tn Heb “walk before” (see Ps 56:13). On the meaning of the Hebrew idiom, see the notes at 2 Kgs 20:3/Isa 38:3.
2 tn Heb “lands, regions.”
3 tn Heb “to all flesh,” which can refer to all people (see Pss 65:2; 145:21) or more broadly to mankind and animals. Elsewhere the psalms view God as the provider for all living things (see Pss 104:27-28; 145:15).
4 tn Heb “[with what they] desire.”