Psalms 74:16

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

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  • Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To Him who made the great lights, for His steadfast love endures forever. 8 The sun to govern the day, for His steadfast love endures forever. 9 The moon and stars to rule over the night, for His steadfast love endures forever.
  • Gen 1:14-18 : 14 Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days, and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies, You have established strength because of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and the avenger.
  • Ps 19:1-6 : 1 For the choirmaster: A psalm of David. 2 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the expanse proclaims the work of His hands. 3 Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they reveal knowledge. 4 There is no speech; there are no words; their voice is not heard. 5 Yet their message has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens, He has pitched a tent for the sun. 6 It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
  • Ps 104:19 : 19 He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 So that you may become children of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
  • Gen 1:3-5 : 3 Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light 'day,' and the darkness he called 'night.' And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

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  • Ps 74:17
    81%

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

  • Ps 74:15
    76%

    15You opened up springs and streams; You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11If I say, 'Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,'

    12even the darkness will not be dark to You; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

  • Ps 89:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm, you scattered your enemies.

    12The heavens are yours, and also the earth; the world and everything in it, you established them.

  • Job 38:12
    74%

    12Have you ever commanded the morning or shown the dawn its place,

  • Ps 121:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5The Lord watches over you—the Lord is your shade at your right hand.

    6The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

  • Ps 104:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set.

    20You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the animals of the forest come out.

  • Ps 136:8
    73%

    8The sun to govern the day, for His steadfast love endures forever.

  • Job 17:12
    73%

    12They make night into day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the presence of darkness.

  • Job 26:10
    72%

    10He inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

  • Ps 104:2
    72%

    2You cover Yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.

  • Gen 1:16-18
    3 verses
    71%

    16God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

    17God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,

    18to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

  • Gen 1:14
    71%

    14Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days, and years,

  • Eccl 11:7
    71%

    7Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

  • Eccl 1:5
    70%

    5The sun rises, and the sun sets, and it hurries back to where it rises.

  • Ps 37:6
    70%

    6He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, and your justice like the noonday.

  • Ps 65:8
    70%

    8You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

  • Jer 31:35
    70%

    35This is what the LORD says, the one who sets the sun to give light by day, who established the laws of the moon and stars to give light by night, who stirs the sea and makes its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is his name:

  • Ps 118:24
    70%

    24This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

  • Ps 102:25
    70%

    25I say, 'My God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, your years endure through all generations.'

  • Eccl 12:2
    70%

    2Before the sun, light, moon, and stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain.

  • 2 Sam 22:29
    70%

    29For you are my lamp, O LORD; the LORD illumines my darkness.

  • Ps 8:3
    70%

    3Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies, You have established strength because of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and the avenger.

  • Ps 19:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1For the choirmaster: A psalm of David.

    2The heavens declare the glory of God, and the expanse proclaims the work of His hands.

  • Heb 1:10
    70%

    10'In the beginning, Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.'

  • Ps 78:14
    69%

    14By day He led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

  • Ps 115:16
    69%

    16The heavens belong to the Lord, but He has given the earth to the children of man.

  • Job 11:17
    69%

    17Your life will shine brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

  • Ps 18:28
    69%

    28You save a humble people, but You bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

  • Ps 19:4
    69%

    4There is no speech; there are no words; their voice is not heard.

  • Isa 60:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

    20Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning will come to an end.

  • Ps 50:1
    69%

    1The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

  • Ps 24:1
    69%

    1The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord, the world and all who live in it.

  • Zech 14:7
    68%

    7It will be a unique day—known only to the Lord—not day nor night, but at evening time there will be light.

  • Ps 90:4
    68%

    4For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it passes, or like a watch in the night.

  • Gen 1:5
    68%

    5God called the light 'day,' and the darkness he called 'night.' And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

  • Ps 36:9
    68%

    9They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

  • Ps 148:3
    68%

    3Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars!

  • Prov 16:4
    68%

    4The Lord has made everything for its purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.

  • Ps 77:18
    68%

    18The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth sound; Your arrows flashed back and forth.

  • Ps 92:4
    68%

    4With the ten-stringed instrument, with the harp, and with the meditative sound of the lyre.

  • Job 37:15
    68%

    15Do you know how God orders them and how He causes the lightning of His clouds to shine?