Psalms 74:16
The day is thine; the night is also thine. Thou have prepared the light and the sun.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
In Context
15Thou split fountain and flood. Thou dried up mighty rivers.
17Thou have set all the borders of the earth. Thou have made summer and winter.
Cross References
Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.
Psalms 8:3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou have ordained,
Psalms 104:19He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows his going down.
Psalms 136:7to him who made great lights, for his loving kindness [is] forever,
Psalms 136:9the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness [is] forever,
Jeremiah 33:25Thus says LORD: If my covenant of day and night [stand] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:13-18
Acknowledgments of Divine Power. 12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. 14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 17 Thou hast set all the… Read the whole commentary →