Psalms 136:8 · KJV
“The sun to rule by day: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: {to rule...: Heb. for the rulings by day}”
— Psalms 136:8
To him that made great lights: for his mercy {endureth} for ever:
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy {endureth} for ever.
Psalms 136 — Context
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy {endureth} for ever.
7To him that made great lights: for his mercy {endureth} for ever:
8The sun to rule by day: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: {to rule...: Heb. for the rulings by day}
9The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy {endureth} for ever.
10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy {endureth} for ever:
Cross References
Psalms 148:3
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
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:
Matthew 5:45
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Genesis 1:16
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: {he made} the stars also. {to rule the day...: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.}