Psalm 104:20

Translations

Modern

You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

Traditional

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

Literal

You make darkness, and it becomes night; in it all the living things of the forest creep about.

Latin

Posuisti tenebras, et facta est nox; in ipsa pertransibunt omnes bestiæ silvæ:

Original

Hebrew

English

You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

Notes

Psalms 104:20–23

Cycles of darkness and dawn mark the days on earth.

Psalms 104:19–23

The psalmist rejoices in the order of night and day, marking day four of creation (Genesis 1:14–19). This cycle gives all creatures an opportunity to live.

Psalms 104:1–35

This creation hymn (see also Psalms 8, 33, 145) praises God's goodness and greatness. The psalmist thinks about the current world, the original creation, and a future new creation. He views both creations as wonderfully and wisely made (compare Psalm 139:14), as the work of the Lord's Spirit (104:30; Genesis 1:2; 2 Corinthians 3:6).

Theme notes and profiles

David Beauty in Nature Blessing The Creator-King

Related verses

Isaiah 45:7
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Psalm 74:16
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
Amos 1:13
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
Psalm 139:10–12
…even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
Genesis 1:4–5
And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
Genesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
Psalm 50:10
…for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.

Glossary

Darkness David Foreordination Gratitude Music New Creation, New Creature Psalms, Book of Work

Topics

Animals: Habits of Animals: Homes of Blessing: Temporal, from God Creeping Things: A General Term for Animals Darkness: Created by God Forests: Infested by Wild Beasts God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning Night: Caused by God

Psalm 104:20

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