Psalms 74:16

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 9 The moon and stars to rule by night; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
  • Gen 1:14-18 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
  • Ps 19:1-6 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language; Their voice is not heard. 4 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, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
  • Ps 104:19 : 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
  • Gen 1:3-5 : 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.

  • 15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;

    12Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee] .

  • Ps 89:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

    12The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

  • 12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;

  • Ps 121:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.

    6The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.

  • Ps 104:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

    20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

  • 8The sun to rule by day; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever;

  • 12They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.

  • 10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

  • 2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

  • Gen 1:16-18
    3 verses
    71%

    16And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

    17And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

    18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

  • 14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

  • 7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

  • 5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

  • 6And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noon-day.

  • 8They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

  • 35Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name:

  • 24This is the day which Jehovah hath made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

  • 25Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

  • 2before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

  • 29For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

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    3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

  • Ps 19:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.

    2Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge.

  • 10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:

  • 14In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

  • 16The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

  • 17And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

  • 28For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

  • 4Their 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,

  • Isa 60:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

    20Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

  • 1[A Psalm of Asaph]. The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

  • 1[A Psalm of David]. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.

  • 7but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

  • 4For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.

  • 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

  • 9For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.

  • 3Praise ye him, sun and moon: Praise him, all ye stars of light.

  • 4Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

  • 18The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.

  • 4For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

  • 15Dost thou know how God layeth [his charge] upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine?