Psalms 104:22
The sun arises; they get away, and lay down in their dens.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
In Context
21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
23Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
Cross References
Job 24:13These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.
Nahum 3:17Thy rulers are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun arises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:20-31
The Divine Bounty. 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. 24 O Lord , how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.… Read the whole commentary →