The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth,.... Of the whole world, and each of the nations, as of the land of Canaan, so of others, Deu 32:8, and even has fixed and settled the bounds of every man's…
Barnes' Notes
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…
The lamenting church fastens upon something here which she calls to mind, and therefore hath she hope (as Lam 3:21), with which she encourages herself and silences her own complaints. Two things quiet…
All the fixed laws and ordinances of the natural world were established and are maintained by God.
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