Psalms 74 · Verse 16

Psalms 74:16

The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Psalms 74:16, King James Version

Psalms 74:16 in other translations

BSBThe day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
WEBThe day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
ASVThe day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
YLTThine is the day, also Thine is the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver--the sun.
DARBYThe day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:
BBEThe day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.
WebsterThe day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

What does Psalms 74:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 74:16-17
16-17. The fixed orders of nature and bounds of earth are of God.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine - Thou art the Author of light, and of the sun, which is the means of dispensing it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 74:12-17

The church silences her own complaints. What God had done for his people, as their King of old, encouraged them to depend on him. It was the Lord's doing, none besides could do it. This providence was food to faith and hope, to support and encourage in difficulties. The God of Israel is the God of nature. He that is faithful to his covenant about the day and the night, will never cast off those whom he has chosen…

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Psalms 74:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְךָ֣le.Kha[belongs] to you
י֭וֹםYomdayH3117
אַף\־'af-alsoH637
לְךָ֥le.Kha[belongs] to you
לָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahnightH3915
אַתָּ֥ה'a.TahyouH859
הֲ֝כִינ֗וֹתָha.khi.No.tayou preparedH3559
מָא֥וֹרma.'ora luminaryH3974
וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ\׃va.Sha.meshand [the] sunH8121

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 74:16

  • Genesis 1:3-5

    And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

  • 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: The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

  • Psalms 104:19

    He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

  • 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: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 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. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, …

  • 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. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, …

  • Psalms 8:3

    When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The day.
136:7-9; Ge 1:3-5
prepared.
8:3; 19:1-6; 136:7-9; Ge 1:14-18; Mt 5:45

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 74:15

    Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

  • Psalms 74:16

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

  • Psalms 74:17

    Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

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Psalms 74:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tuyo es el día, tuya también es la noche: tú aparejaste la luna y el sol.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
À toi est le jour, à toi aussi la nuit; toi tu as établi la lune et le soleil.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dein ist der Tag, dein auch die Nacht; den Mond und die Sonne hast du bereitet.