Psalms 104:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He made the moon to mark the months, and the sun sets according to a regular schedule.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:14-18 : 14 God said,“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years, 15 and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so. 16 God made two great lights– the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also. 17 God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth, 18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars– the whole heavenly creation– you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the LORD your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.
  • Job 31:26-28 : 26 if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing, 27 so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth, 28 then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.
  • Job 38:12 : 12 Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,
  • Ps 19:6 : 6 It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its heat.
  • Ps 136:7-9 : 7 to the one who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures, 8 the sun to rule by day, for his loyal love endures, 9 the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loyal love endures,
  • Jer 31:35 : 35 The Lord Guarantees Israel’s Continuance The LORD has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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    20You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

  • Eccl 1:5
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    5The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.

  • Ps 74:16-17
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    16You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.

    17You set up all the boundaries of the earth; you created the cycle of summer and winter.

  • Ps 104:22-23
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    22When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens.

    23Men then go out to do their work, and labor away until evening.

  • Ps 19:4-6
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    4Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.

    5Like a bridegroom it emerges from its chamber; like a strong man it enjoys running its course.

    6It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its heat.

  • Ps 136:8-9
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    8the sun to rule by day, for his loyal love endures,

    9the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loyal love endures,

  • Jer 31:35
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    35The Lord Guarantees Israel’s Continuance The LORD has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Deut 33:14
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    14with the harvest produced by the daylight and by the moonlight;

  • Gen 1:14-18
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    14God said,“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,

    15and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.

    16God made two great lights– the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.

    17God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

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

  • Ps 19:1-2
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    1For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.

    2Day after day it speaks out; night after night it reveals his greatness.

  • Ps 121:6
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    6The sun will not harm you by day, or the moon by night.

  • Job 9:7-9
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    7he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;

    8he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

    9he makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky;

  • Job 26:10
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    10He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.

  • Ps 104:8-9
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    8as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down– to the place you appointed for them.

    9You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

  • Ps 8:3
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    3When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

  • Job 38:12
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    12Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,

  • Job 31:26
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    26if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

  • Eccl 12:2
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    2before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

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    18The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.

  • Isa 13:10
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    10Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.

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    3Praise him, O sun and moon! Praise him, all you shiny stars!

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    37it will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies.”(Selah)

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    15Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

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    12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

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    1A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the LORD has spoken, and summoned the earth to come from the east and west.

  • Hab 3:11
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    11The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.

  • Prov 3:19-20
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    19By wisdom the LORD laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.

    20By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, so that the clouds drip down dew.

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    7Life Should Be Enjoyed Because Death is Inevitable Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun.

  • Ps 65:8
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    8Even those living in the most remote areas are awestruck by your acts; you cause those living in the east and west to praise you.