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Ps 136:7 Darby To him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
  King James To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
To him that made great lights - Gen 1:14. The sun and the moon are here particularly referred to.

For his mercy ... - As manifested in all that has followed from the creation and diffusion of light - (all the beauty in the universe as seen; all the life, beauty, and vigor in the vegetable and animal world; all that there is of life and happiness in the universe - for there could be neither if darkness reigned everywhere); light, the emblem of happiness; the source of joy; the producer, in a great measure, of the beauties of the universe, and the revealer of those beauties everywhere. How can a man think of light and not praise its Author?
 
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14 And 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;
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.