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Psalm 103:5
who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
3who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,
4who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,
5who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6The LORD executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.
7He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.
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The eagle’s renewed youth pictures the fresh strength that comes from God’s good gifts, linking desire and satisfaction with the hope of renewal.
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Isaiah 40:31but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not …Both passages use eagles to picture renewal, with Isaiah naming renewed strength for those who wait for the LORD.
Psalm 107:9For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.Both passages name God as the one who satisfies longing with good.
Job 33:25His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.Both passages describe a return to youthful life, though Psalm 103 adds the eagle as its comparison.
1 Timothy 6:17Charge those who are rich in this present age that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who …Both passages identify God as the giver of good things, with Timothy directing hope toward him rather than uncertain riches.
2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.Both passages speak of renewal; Corinthians specifies inward renewal even while the outward person decays.
Psalm 63:5My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,Both passages speak of satisfaction, with Psalm 63 comparing the soul’s satisfaction to eating the richest food.
Psalm 104:28You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.Both passages connect being satisfied with good to what God gives.
Psalm 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.Both passages portray God’s generous provision, through satisfying good things in Psalm 103 and a prepared table and overflowing cup in Psalm 23.
Hosea 2:15I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there as in the days of her youth, and as in the day …Both passages speak of gifts from God and use youth as a picture of life restored.
Joshua 14:11As yet I am as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me. As my strength was then, even so is my strength now for war, to go out and to come in.Both passages connect strength with youth, though Psalm 103 describes renewal and Joshua describes strength that has endured.
Job 29:20My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’Both passages use images of renewal: an eagle’s youth in the psalm and a bow in Job’s hand.
Joel 2:26You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied, and will praise the name of the LORD, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again …Both passages connect satisfaction with God’s provision, with Joel describing plenty to eat and praise for the LORD.
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The eagle is a poetic picture of renewed life. God is the giver in this verse; both satisfaction and renewal come from his goodness.
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