Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
Every living organism on Earth has its desires and needs fully satisfied.
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What current science says
About 9 million people die of hunger or hunger-related diseases every year. In the animal kingdom, it's even grimmer: the vast majority of organisms born never reach adulthood. A single cod can lay up to 9 million eggs — and nearly all of those offspring will be eaten before they're a week old. Parasitic infections affect roughly 2 billion people worldwide. The average wild animal's life is nasty, brutish, and short. If every desire is being satisfied, someone lost the spreadsheet.
What the text says
This comes from Psalms 145:16. 'Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing' — asserting that all creatures get what they need.
Three honest ways to read this passage
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As history
The text records how its authors understood the world with the knowledge they had. Read this way, a difference from modern science is a window into the ancient mind, not a failure.
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As accommodation
The text speaks to its first audience in their own terms, to make a point that isn't mainly about physics or biology. Read this way, the scientific detail is the vehicle, not the cargo.
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As contradiction
The text makes a claim about the physical world that modern findings dispute. Read this way, the difference is a genuine factual disagreement worth naming.
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