KJV King James Version
The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
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Psalm 74:16
The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
WEB World English Bible
The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
ASV American Standard Version
The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thine is the day, also Thine is the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver—the sun.
Surrounding context — Psalm 74
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16 The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Remember this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
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Genesis 1:3-5And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.Psalm 136:7-9To him that made great lights: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:Matthew 5:45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.Genesis 1:14-18And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:Psalm 104:19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.Psalm 19:1-6To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.Psalm 8:3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
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