Psalms 74:16
The day is thine, the night also is thine; *thou* hast prepared the moon and the sun:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
In Context
15*Thou* didst cleave fountain and torrent, *thou* driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
17*Thou* hast set all the borders of the earth; summer and winter *thou* didst form them.
Cross References
Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
Psalms 8:3When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;
Psalms 104:19He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.
Psalms 136:7To him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;
Psalms 136:9The moon and stars for rule over the night, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever:
Jeremiah 33:25Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night [stand] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of the heavens and the 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 →