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Psalm 104:15
wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
13He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:
15wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
16The LORD’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
17where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.
Notice
Bread strengthens the heart, while wine makes it glad: the psalm’s praise of God reaches into the food that sustains life and adds pleasure.
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What do you notice about gladness and strength both appearing among God’s gifts from the earth?
Write on thisWhen you eat bread, how much thought do you give to the earth God makes fruitful?
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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 describe God’s provision through food and oil, with Psalm 23 setting the table in the presence of enemies.
Ecclesiastes 9:7Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.Both passages link wine with a glad heart and name bread among the provisions of human life.
Ecclesiastes 10:19A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.Both passages name wine as a source of gladness within their descriptions of food and human life.
Judges 9:13“The vine said to them, ‘Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’Wine cheers people in both passages, though Judges places that observation in the speech of a vine.
Isaiah 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, …Both passages include oil among gifts that benefit people; Isaiah names it as the oil of joy for mourners.
1 Timothy 5:23Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.Both mention wine benefiting a person, though the psalm names gladness and Timothy’s instruction concerns stomach trouble and frequent infirmities.
John 2:3When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine.”Wine is the shared detail: the psalm describes its gladness, while John records Jesus’ mother reporting its absence.
Genesis 18:5I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant.” They said, “Very well, do …Both passages connect bread with the heart’s renewal, describing it as strengthening or refreshing those who eat.
Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.Both connect wine with a person’s inward state, naming gladness in the psalm and bitterness in Proverbs.
Ruth 3:3Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor; but don’t make yourself known to the man until he has finished …Both concern care for the body: the psalm names oil for the face, while Ruth receives instructions to wash and anoint herself.
Jeremiah 31:12They will come and sing in the height of Zion, and will flow to the goodness of the LORD, to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, and to the young of the …Both name wine and oil among God’s provisions, connecting the fruit of the earth with human gladness.
Psalm 92:10But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.Oil applied to a person appears in both psalms, making the face shine here and described as fresh anointing oil there.
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Your need for food belongs within this song of praise. God’s care reaches the body, and the psalm names both strength and gladness among the gifts of his fruitful earth.
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