Psalms 74:16
Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver — the sun.
Young's Literal Translation
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 hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
17Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.
Cross References
Genesis 1:14And God saith, 'Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,
Psalms 8:3For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.
Psalms 104:19He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.
Psalms 136:7To Him making great lights, For to the age [is] His kindness.
Psalms 136:9The moon and stars to rule by night, For to the age [is] His kindness.
Jeremiah 33:25Thus said Jehovah: If My covenant [is] not daily and nightly, The statutes of heaven and earth I have not appointed —
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 →