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Psalms 104:20

Psalms 104:20
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thou makest darkness, and it is night,.... The darkness was before the light, and the night before the day, Gen 1:2 and now the darkness and night are made by the setting of the sun before mentioned;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Thou makest darkness, and it is night - Thou hast made arrangements for the return of night - for the alternations of day and night. The Hebrew word rendered “makest,” means “to place;” and the idea…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 104:19-30

We are here taught to praise and magnify God,

I. For the constant revolutions and succession of day and night, and the dominion of sun and moon over them. The heathen were so affected with the light…