Psalms 74:16
The day is thine, and the night is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sunne.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 brakest vp the fountaine and riuer: thou dryedst vp mightie riuers.
17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
Cross References
Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heauen, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signes, and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.
Psalms 8:3When I beholde thine heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordeined,
Psalms 104:19He appoynted the moone for certaine seasons: the sunne knoweth his going downe.
Psalms 136:7Which made great lightes: for his mercie endureth for euer:
Psalms 136:9The moone and the starres to gouerne the night: for his mercie endureth for euer:
Jeremiah 33:25Thus sayth the Lord, If my couenant be not with day and night, and if I haue not appointed the order of heauen 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 →