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Psalm 74:16 KJV
Psalms · chapter 74 · verse 16
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.Psalm 74:16 · King James Version
Psalm 74:16 in context
14Thou 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.
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.
18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- preparedkûwnproperly, to be erectH3559 →
- nightlayilproperly, a twistH3915 →
- lightmâʼôwrproperly, a luminous body or luminaryH3974 →
- dayyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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The lamenting church fastens upon something here which she calls to mind, and therefore hath she hope (as Lam 3:21), with which she encourages herself and silences her own complaints. Two things quiet the minds of those that are here sorrowing for the solemn assembly: - I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-17