Psalms 104:20
When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
In Context
21The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.
Cross References
Genesis 1:4And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,
Psalms 50:10For every beast of the woodland is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
Psalms 139:10Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.
Amos 1:13These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because in Gilead they had women with child cut open, so that they might make wider the limits of their land.
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 →