Psalms 104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 refuge for the rock badgers.
20You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
Job 38:12“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,
Psalms 19:6His going out is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends. There is nothing hidden from its heat.
Psalms 136:7to him who made the great lights, for his loving kindness endures forever;
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 →