Psalms 74:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. ”

Psalms 74:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Psalms 74:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (m) day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. (m) Seeing that God by his providence governs and disposes all things, he gathers that he will take care...
Psalms 74:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXIV. The date may be fixed with certainty and that within narrow limits. The Jews are suffering extreme distress, but apparently by no fault of their own, for there is no confession of sin. The p...
Psalms 74:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

light. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "moon".
Psalms 74:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. The day is thine, the night also is thine. The prophet now descends to the consideration of the divine benefits which are extended in common to all mankind. Having commenced with the spe...
Psalms 74:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. The day is thine, the night also is thine - Thou art the Author of light, and of the sun, which is the means o...
Psalms 74:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. The day is thine. Not only the sea and the waters, but the day and the light are at thy sovereign control....
Psalms 74:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74, 79 seem to reflect the same historical situation, and are usually ascribed to the same author. Both were written in a time of national calamity, when the Temple was profaned ( Psalms 74 ),...
Psalms 74:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The light and the sun. — Evidently from Genesis 1:14 ; Genesis 1:16 , where the same word occurs for the heavenly luminary generally, and then for the sun as chief.
Psalms 74:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:1-23 Two periods only correspond to the circumstances described in this psalm and its companion ( Psalms 79:1-13 )-namely, the Chaldean invasion and sack of Jerusalem, and the persecutio...
Psalms 74:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Plead Thine Own Cause, O God” Psalms 74:12-23 Yet! Psalms 74:12 , r.v. There is always some compensating and consolatory thought. God is in the background of our thought. Not only the King,...
Psalms 74:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a great complaint, but it is a complaint of faith. Hardly a gleam of light is found throughout. The singer sits in the midst of national desolation and pours out his soul to God in passionate...
Psalms 74:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a beautiful acknowledgment of God, in his works of nature and providence, who had before been adored in his works of grace: and perhaps in allusion to the Lord's appearing for his people in t...
Psalms 74:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

ALTERNATIONS AND CONSOLATIONS ‘The day … the night.’ Psalms 74:16 I. The alternation of day and night is part of a universal law. —(1) Everywhere in nature. (2) In our daily life. (3) In ou...
Psalms 74:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The day is thine, and the night also is thine ,.... He made the one and the other, and divided the one from the other; and can make them longer or shorter, clear or cloudy, as he pleases: and the da...
Psalms 74:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. Ver. 16. The day is thine, the night also is thine ] He had argued with God, and strengthened his own faith...
Psalms 74:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The day is thine, the night also is thine It is not strange that thou hast done these great and wonderful works, for thou hast made the heavenly bodies, and appointed the vicissitudes of day and ni...
Psalms 74:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acknowledgments of Divine Power. 12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 Thou...
Psalms 74:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It is not strange nor incredible that thou hast done these great and wonderful works, for thou hast made the heavenly bodies, and the vicissitudes of day and night, depending upon them, which is a fa...
Psalms 74:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“A Maschil of Asaph,” i.e., an Instruction of Asaph, a Didactic Song by Asaph. See introduction to Psalms 1 . “But here we cannot have the least idea of the author...
Psalms 74:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph; that is, instruction, as Psalms 32 . The EDDA is the title of the Icelandic poem, which also signifies instruction. This mournful ode is also alleged to have been written...
Psalms 74:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever? why doth Thine anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture? The wail and prayer of a true patriot I. The wail ( Psalms 74:1-17 ). 1. Some communi...
Psalms 74:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION " THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest". The psalmist describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" ( Psalms 74:3 ). The temple is violated ( Psalms 74:3 ); its carve...
Psalms 74:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer for the Preservation of the Church. Maschil, a didactic poem, of Asaph, a prophetic psalm, foretelling some of the afflictions which would befall the Church of God, in the Old Testament as...
Psalms 74:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 1:14-18 ; Genesis 1:3-5 ; Matthew 5:45 ; Psalms 136:7-9 ; Psalms 19:1-6 ; Psalms 8:3 ; Psalms 136:7-9
Psalms 74:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The light — The moon, the lesser light.

Psalms 74:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 74:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 74:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 74:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 74:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 74:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 74:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 74:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 74:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 74:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 74:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 74:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 74:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 74:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 74:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 74:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes