Psalms 74:16
Thine is the day and thine is the night: it is thou who hast prepared the luminary and the sun.
Leeser Tanakh
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 didst cleave fountain and stream: thou didst dry up ever-flowing rivers.
Cross References
Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the expansion of the heaven to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years;
Psalms 8:3(8:4) When I behold thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast established:—
Psalms 104:19He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Psalms 136:7To him that made great lights; for to eternity endureth his kindness;
Psalms 136:9The moon and stars for the rule by night; for to eternity endureth his kindness.
Jeremiah 33:25Thus hath said the Lord, If my covenant be not with day and night, if I have not appointed the ordinances of 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 →