Psalms 104:22
The sun ariseth, they slink away, and couch in their dens.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
In Context
21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Cross References
Job 24:13These are of them that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Nahum 3:17Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the walls in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
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 →