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Psalm 74

Psa. 74:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
is thine, the night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
also is thine: thou hast prepared
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
the light
ma'owr (Hebrew #3974)
also (in plural) feminine mpowrah {meh-o-raw'}; or morah {meh-o-raw'}; from 215; properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element): figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
KJV usage: bright, light.
Pronounce: maw-ore'
Origin: or maor {maw-ore'}
and the sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
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Day,
Light,
Night,
Sun

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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The day.
Psa. 136:7‑9• 7To him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
 8The sun for rule over the day, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
 9The moon and stars for rule over the night, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever: (Psa. 136:7‑9)
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Gen. 1:3‑5• 3And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.
 4And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.
 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day. (Gen. 1:3‑5)
prepared.
Psa. 8:3• 3When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established; (Psa. 8:3)
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Psa. 19:1‑6• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of *God; and the expanse sheweth the work of his hands.
 2Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
 3There is no speech and there are no words, yet their voice is heard.
 4Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their language to the extremity of the world. In them hath he set a tent for the sun,
 5And he is as a bridegroom going forth from his chamber; he rejoiceth as a strong man to run the race.
 6His going forth is from the end of the heavens, and his circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. (Psa. 19:1‑6)
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Psa. 136:7‑9• 7To him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
 8The sun for rule over the day, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
 9The moon and stars for rule over the night, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever: (Psa. 136:7‑9)
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Gen. 1:14‑18• 14And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
 15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.
 16And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night,--and the stars.
 17And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,
 18and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good. (Gen. 1:14‑18)
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Matt. 5:45• 45that ye may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens; for he makes his sun rise on evil and good, and sends rain on just and unjust. (Matt. 5:45)
• {v.16-17} Then, passing from these miraculous interventions of God, the psalmist sees in creation the ever-present witness of God’s mercy to man. (“Psalms 74” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The day is thine, the night also is thine; *thou* hast prepared the moonk and the sun:

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "light-bearer," i.e. what gives light, as Gen. 1.14-16; Ex. 25.6.