Psalms 74:16
Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.
17Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee.
Cross References
Genesis 1:14And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
Psalms 8:3Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.
Psalms 104:19He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Psalms 136:7He bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores:
Psalms 136:9He sent forth signs and wonders in the midst of thee, O Egypt: upon Pharao, and upon all his servants.
Jeremiah 33:25Thus saith the Lord: If I have not set my covenant between day and night, and laws to 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 →