Psalms 74:16

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him who made the great lights; for his loving kindness endures forever: 8 The sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever; 9 The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving kindness endures forever:
  • Gen 1:14-18 : 14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky 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 expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so. 16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
  • Ps 19:1-6 : 1 The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they display knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 4 Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, 5 which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends; There is nothing hidden from its heat.
  • Ps 104:19 : 19 He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
  • Gen 1:3-5 : 3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 74:17
    81%

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

  • Ps 74:15
    76%

    15You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;"

    12even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

  • Ps 89:11-12
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    75%

    11The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

    12The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

  • Job 38:12
    74%

    12"Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

  • Ps 121:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.

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

  • Ps 104:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.

    20You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.

  • Ps 136:8
    73%

    8The sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever;

  • Job 17:12
    73%

    12They change the night into day, saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.

  • Job 26:10
    72%

    10He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

  • Ps 104:2
    72%

    2He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

  • Gen 1:16-18
    3 verses
    71%

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

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

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

  • Gen 1:14
    71%

    14God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

  • Eccl 11:7
    71%

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

  • Eccl 1:5
    70%

    5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

  • Ps 37:6
    70%

    6he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

  • Ps 65:8
    70%

    8They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning's dawn and the evening with songs of joy.

  • Jer 31:35
    70%

    35Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name:

  • Ps 118:24
    70%

    24This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

  • Ps 102:25
    70%

    25Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

  • Eccl 12:2
    70%

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

  • 2 Sam 22:29
    70%

    29For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.

  • Ps 8:3
    70%

    3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

  • Ps 19:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.

    2Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they display knowledge.

  • Heb 1:10
    70%

    10And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.

  • Ps 78:14
    69%

    14In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

  • Ps 115:16
    69%

    16The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has he given to the children of men.

  • Job 11:17
    69%

    17Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

  • Ps 18:28
    69%

    28For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

  • Ps 19:4
    69%

    4Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

  • Isa 60:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.

    20Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.

  • Ps 50:1
    69%

    1The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.

  • Ps 24:1
    69%

    1The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

  • Zech 14:7
    68%

    7It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.

  • Ps 90:4
    68%

    4For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.

  • Gen 1:5
    68%

    5God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.

  • Ps 36:9
    68%

    9For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall we see light.

  • Ps 148:3
    68%

    3Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!

  • Prov 16:4
    68%

    4Yahweh has made everything for its own end-- yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

  • Ps 77:18
    68%

    18The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.

  • Ps 92:4
    68%

    4For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

  • Job 37:15
    68%

    15Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?