Psalms 74:16
Yours is the day; yours, too, is the night, it was you who did establish the sun and the star.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
In Context
15It was you who did cleave the fountains and torrents; it was you who did dry the perennial streams.
17It was you who did fix all the borders of earth: summer and winter it’s you who have made them.
Cross References
Genesis 1:14Then God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the night from the day. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, the days, and the years.
Psalms 8:3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set there,
Psalms 104:19He created the moon to mark seasons, and told the sun when to set.
Psalms 136:7Who made great lights: for his kindness endures forever.
Psalms 136:9Moon and stars to rule over the night: for his kindness endures forever.
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 →