New International Version
Psalms 74:17
17It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You set the boundaries of the earth, and you made both summer and winter.
Context of Psalms 74:17
15It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers. 16The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon. It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter. 18Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord, how foolish people have reviled your name. 19Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted 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 is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
- Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
- Acts 17:26From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.
- Genesis 8:22“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”
- Acts 14:17Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”
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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