Verse 16

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him who made great lights: for his mercy endures forever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endures forever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endures forever.
  • Gen 1:14-18 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the sky of the heavens to separate 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 sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and it was so. 16 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. 17 And God set them in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and 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, and the firmament shows his handiwork. 2 Day to day utters speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
  • Ps 104:19 : 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows its setting.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on 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 separated the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.