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Selected Verse: Psalms 74:16 - World English

Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 74:16	World English	The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
	King James	The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The fixed orders of nature and bounds of earth are of God.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

The fixed orders of nature and bounds of earth are of God.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The day is thine, the night also is thine - Thou hast universal dominion. All things are under thy control. Thou hast power, therefore, to grant what we desire of thee. Thou hast prepared the light and the sun - He who has made the sun - that greatest and noblest object of creation to the view of man - must have almighty power, and must be able to give what we need.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The day is thine, the night also is thine - Thou hast universal dominion. All things are under thy control. Thou hast power, therefore, to grant what we desire of thee.

Thou hast prepared the light and the sun - He who has made the sun - that greatest and noblest object of creation to the view of man - must have almighty power, and must be able to give what we need.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The light - The moon, the lesser light.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

The light - The moon, the lesser light.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The day is thine, the night also is thine - Thou art the Author of light, and of the sun, which is the means of dispensing it.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The day is thine, the night also is thine - Thou art the Author of light, and of the sun, which is the means of dispensing it.

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