Psalms 104:20 · KJV
“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 104:20
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Psalms 104 — Context
The 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.
22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
Cross References
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these {things}.
Psalms 74:16
The day {is} thine, the night also {is} thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Genesis 1:4-5
And God saw the light, that {it was} good: and God divided the light from the darkness. {the light from...: Heb. between the light and between the darkness}
Psalms 139:10-12
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Amos 1:13
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away {the punishment} thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: {ripped...: or, divided the mountains}
Genesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. {While...: Heb. As yet all the days of the earth}
Psalms 50:10
For every beast of the forest {is} mine, {and} the cattle upon a thousand hills.