Psalms 104:19 · KJV
“He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.”
— Psalms 104:19
The high hills {are} a refuge for the wild goats; {and} the rocks for the conies.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep {forth}. {beasts...: Heb. beasts thereof do trample on the forest}
Psalms 104 — Context
Where the birds make their nests: {as for} the stork, the fir trees {are} her house.
18The high hills {are} a refuge for the wild goats; {and} the rocks for the conies.
19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep {forth}. {beasts...: Heb. beasts thereof do trample on the forest}
21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Cross References
Genesis 1:14-18
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: {the day...: Heb. between the day and between the night}
Jeremiah 31:35
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, {and} the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts {is} his name:
Psalms 136:7-9
To him that made great lights: for his mercy {endureth} for ever:
Psalms 19:6
His going forth {is} from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; {and} caused the dayspring to know his place;
Psalms 8:3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Job 31:26-28
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking {in} brightness; {sun: Heb. light} {in...: Heb. bright}
Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, {even} all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. {divided: or, imparted}