Psalms 74:16
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
The day is yours, the night also is yours: you have prepared the light and the sun.
American King James Version (AKJV)
The day is yours, the night also is yours: you have prepared the light and the sun.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.
Webster's Revision
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
World English Bible
The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
English Revised Version (ERV)
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Clarke's Psalms 74:16 Bible Commentary
The day is thine, the night also is thine - Thou art the Author of light, and of the sun, which is the means of dispensing it.
Barnes's Psalms 74:16 Bible Commentary
The day is thine, the night also is thine - Thou hast universal dominion. All things are under thy control. Thou hast power, therefore, to grant what we desire of thee.
Thou hast prepared the light and the sun - He who has made the sun - that greatest and noblest object of creation to the view of man - must have almighty power, and must be able to give what we need.
Wesley's Psalms 74:16 Bible Commentary
74:16 The light - The moon, the lesser light.
