God’s Word Translation
Psalms 74:17
17You determined all the boundaries of the earth. You created summer and winter.
Psalms 74:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
- New International Version (NIV)It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have set all the borders of the earth; You have made summer and winter.
Context of Psalms 74:17
15You opened the springs and brooks. You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. 16The day and the night are yours. You set the moon and the sun in their places. You determined all the boundaries of the earth. You created summer and winter. 18Remember how the enemy insulted you, O Lord. Remember how an entire nation of godless fools despised your name. 19Do not hand over the soul of your dove to wild animals. Do not forget the life of your oppressed people forever.
Read all of Psalms 74Psalms 74:17 word by word
אַתָּ֣ה הִ֭צַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּל֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ קַ֥יִץ וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 74:17
- Psalms 24:1The earth and everything it contains are the Lord’s. The world and all who live in it are his.
- Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave nations their land, when he divided the descendants of Adam, he set up borders for the tribes corresponding to the number of the sons of Israel.
- Acts 17:26From one man he has made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth. He has given them the seasons of the year and the boundaries within which to live.
- Genesis 8:22As long as the earth exists, planting and harvesting, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never stop.”
- Acts 14:17Yet, by doing good, he has given evidence of his existence. He gives you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons. He fills you with food and your lives with happiness.”
Commentaries on Psalms 74:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth - Thou alone art the Author of all its grand geographical divisions. Thou hast made summer and winter - Thou hast appointed that peculiarity in the poise and rotation of the earth, by which the seasons are produced.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth - Thou hast established all the boundaries of the world; that is, the boundaries of the earth itself; or the natural bonndaries of nations and people, made by seas, mountains, rivers, and deserts. The language in regard to the first of these - the earth itself - would be derived from the prevalent mode of speaking, as if the earth were a plane, and had limits - a common mode of expression in the Scriptures, as it…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 The church silences her own complaints. What God had done for his people, as their King of old, encouraged them to depend on him. It was the Lord's doing, none besides could do it. This providence was food to faith and hope, to support and encourage in difficulties. The God of Israel is the God of nature. He that is faithful to his covenant about the day and the night, will never cast off those whom he has chosen. We have as much reason to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23The psalmist laments the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. This happened in 586 BC. The psalmist uses vivid imagery, asks questions, recalls fresh memories, and directly asks the Lord to act (Psalm 74:19–23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1716-17. The fixed orders of nature and bounds of earth are of God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 74
- 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
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