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Psalms 104:20
20You [O Lord] make darkness and it becomes night, In which prowls about every wild beast of the forest.
Psalms 104:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
- New International Version (NIV)You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
Context of Psalms 104:20
18The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the shephanim. 19He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the [exact] place of its setting. You [O Lord] make darkness and it becomes night, In which prowls about every wild beast of the forest. 21The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God. 22When the sun arises, they withdraw And lie down in their dens.
Read all of Psalms 104Psalms 104:20 word by word
תָּֽשֶׁת־חֹ֭שֶׁךְ וִ֣יהִי לָ֑יְלָה בּֽוֹ־תִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂ כָּל־חַיְתוֹ־יָֽעַר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 104:20
- Psalms 74:16The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have established and prepared the [heavenly] light and the sun.
- Psalms 139:10Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will take hold of me.
- Genesis 1:4God saw that the light was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it; and God separated the light [distinguishing it] from the darkness.
- Genesis 8:22While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”
- Isaiah 45:7The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing peace and creating disaster; I am the Lord who does all these things.
- Amos 1:13Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because the Ammonites have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, That they might enlarge their border.
Commentaries on Psalms 104:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Thou makest darkness - It is not the design of God that there should be either constant darkness or constant light. That man may labor, he gives him, by means of the sun, the light of the day; and that he may rest from his labor, and get his strength recruited, he gives him night, and comparative darkness. And as it would not be convenient for man and the wild beasts of the forest to collect their food at the same time, he has given the night to them as…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Thou makest darkness, and it is night - Thou hast made arrangements for the return of night - for the alternations of day and night. The Hebrew word rendered “makest,” means “to place;” and the idea is, that God constitutes the darkness, or so disposes things that it occurs. Wherein all the beasts of the forest - The margin is, “the beasts thereof do trample on the forest.” The reference is to the beasts which seek their prey at night. Do creep forth…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-30Verses 19-30 We are to praise and magnify God for the constant succession of day and night. And see how those are like to the wild beasts, who wait for the twilight, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Does God listen to the language of mere nature, even in ravenous creatures, and shall he not much more interpret favourably the language of grace in his own people, though weak and broken groanings which cannot be uttered? There is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-23Cycles of darkness and dawn mark the days on earth.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2320-23. He provides and adapts to man's wants the appointed times and seasons.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 104
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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