Psalms 104:19
He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
In Context
18The high mountains are for the wild goats: the rocks are a shelter for the conies.
20Thou causest darkness, and it becometh night, wherein creep forth all the beasts of the forest.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19And that thou lift not up thy eyes unto the heavens, and thou see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be misled to bow down to them, and to serve them, those which the Lord thy God hath assigned unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Job 38:12Didst thou ever, in all thy days, command the morning; didst thou ever assign the morning-dawn its place:
Psalms 19:6(19:7) From the end of the heavens is his going forth, and his circuit is unto their ends: and there is nothing hidden from his heat.
Psalms 136:7To him that made great lights; for to eternity endureth his kindness;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:11-19
The Divine Bounty. 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; 15 And wine that maketh… Read the whole commentary →