Psalms 104:22
When the sunne riseth, they retire, and couche in their dennes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
In Context
21The lions roare after their praye, and seeke their meate at God.
23Then goeth man forth to his worke, and to his labour vntill the euening.
Cross References
Job 24:13These are they, that abhorre the light: they know not the wayes thereof, nor continue in the paths thereof.
Nahum 3:17Thy princes are as the grashoppers, and thy captaines as the great grashoppers which remaine in the hedges in the colde day: but when the sunne ariseth, they flee away and their place is not knowen 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 →