Psalm 74:16 “The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the…”

Psalm 74:16

The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

World English Bible

The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

American Standard Version

The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Geneva Bible 1599

The day is thine, and the night is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sunne.

Darby Translation

The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:

Young's Literal Translation

Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver — the sun.

Bible in Basic English

The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.

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Cross references

“The day”

Genesis 1:3–5 Psalm 136:7–9

Genesis 1:3–5 · BSB

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Psalm 136:7–9 · BSB

He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.

“prepared”

Matthew 5:45 Genesis 1:14–18 Psalm 19:1–6 Psalm 8:3

Matthew 5:45 · BSB

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Genesis 1:14–18 · BSB

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

Psalm 19:1–6 · BSB

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

Psalm 8:3 · BSB

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

Also

Psalm 104:19

Psalm 104:19 · BSB

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

17You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

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