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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 light;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 8The sun for rule in the day;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 9The moon and stars for rule in the night;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:7‑9)
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Gen. 1:3‑5• 3And God said, Light be: and light was.
 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, one day. (Gen. 1:3‑5)
prepared.
Psa. 8:3• 3When I behold thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,{HR}The moon and the stars which thou hast established, (Psa. 8:3)
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Psa. 19:1‑6• 1To the chief musician; a Psalm of David.{HR}The heavens [are] telling the glory of God,{HR}And the expanse [is] showing the work of his hands.
 2Day unto day uttereth speech,{HR}And night unto night showeth knowledge.
 3[There is] no speech and [there are] no words;{HR}Their voice is not heard.
 4In all the earth their line has gone forth,{HR}And their speech unto the end of the world;{HR}In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun;
 5And it [is] as a bridegroom going forth from his bridal chamber;{HR}It rejoiceth as a mighty man to run a course.
 6From the end of the heavens [is] its going forth,{HR}And its circuit unto their ends,{HR}And nothing is hidden from its heat. (Psa. 19:1‑6)
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Psa. 136:7‑9• 7To him that made great light;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 8The sun for rule in the day;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 9The moon and stars for rule in the night;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:7‑9)
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Gen. 1:14‑18• 14And God said, Let there be light-bearers in [the] expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and between the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
 15and let them be for light-bearers in [the] expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth. And it was so.
 16And God made the two great lights, the greater light for ruling the day, and the lesser light for ruling the night (the stars also).
 17And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth
 18and to rule over the day and over 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 sons of your Father that is in [the] heavens; for he maketh his sun rise on evil and good, and sendeth 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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Day is thine, yea, thine, night.{HR}Thou didst prepare light and sun;

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)