Psalms 74:16 · KJV
“The day {is} thine, the night also {is} thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.”
— Psalms 74:16
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. {mighty...: Heb. rivers of strength}
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. {made: Heb. made them}
Psalms 74 — Context
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, {and} gavest him {to be} meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. {mighty...: Heb. rivers of strength}
16The day {is} thine, the night also {is} thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. {made: Heb. made them}
18Remember this, {that} the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and {that} the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Cross References
Genesis 1:3-5
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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.
Psalms 136:7-9
To him that made great lights: for his mercy {endureth} for ever:
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}
Psalms 104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Psalms 19:1-6
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Psalms 8:3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;