Psalms 104:21 · KJV
“The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.”
— Psalms 104:21
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep {forth}. {beasts...: Heb. beasts thereof do trample on the forest}
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
Psalms 104 — Context
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep {forth}. {beasts...: Heb. beasts thereof do trample on the forest}
21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Cross References
Job 38:39
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, {the appetite: Heb. the life}
Joel 1:20
The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Psalms 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good {thing}.
Ezekiel 19:2-14
And say, What {is} thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
Joel 2:22
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
Amos 3:4
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? {cry: Heb. give forth his voice}
Isaiah 31:4
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, {he} will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. {noise: or, multitude}
Job 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.