Psalms 74:16
The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
In Context
15You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.
17By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.
Cross References
Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:
Psalms 8:3\8:2\You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.
Psalms 104:19He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.
Psalms 136:7To him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Psalms 136:9The moon and the stars to have rule by night: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Jeremiah 33:25The Lord has said, If I have not made day and night, and if the limits of heaven and earth have not been fixed by me,
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 →