the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Psalms 104:20
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You appoint darkness so that it becomes night,In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about.
Thou makest darknes and it is night: wherein all the beastes of the forrest do go abrode.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:
You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
You put darkness, and it is night; in it all the forest animals creep.
You made darkness to be the night— the time when wild animals come out and roam around.
You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl.
Thou makest darknesse, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forrest doe creepe forth.
Thou makest darcknesse, that it maye be night, wherin all the beastes of the forest do moue.
class="poetry"> O my soul, bless God ! God , my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed, Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent. You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings. You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors. You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever. You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters; Then you roared and the water ran away— your thunder crash put it to flight. Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them. You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded. You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills. All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst. Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard. You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water. You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground. Oh yes, God brings grain from the land, wine to make people happy, Their faces glowing with health, a people well-fed and hearty. God 's trees are well-watered— the Lebanon cedars he planted. Birds build their nests in those trees; look—the stork at home in the treetop. Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks. The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day. When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out. The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper. When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens. Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening. What a wildly wonderful world, God ! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Oh, look—the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon. Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them. All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time. You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it. If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute— Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; Send out your Spirit and they spring to life— the whole countryside in bloom and blossom. The glory of God —let it last forever! Let God enjoy his creation! He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt. Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live! Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to God . But clear the ground of sinners— no more godless men and women! O my soul, bless God !
You [O LORD] make darkness and it becomes night, In which prowls about every wild beast of the forest.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.
You make darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].
You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.
and you made the darkness, so the animals in the forest could come out at night.
You bring darkness, and it is night, the time when all forest animals prowl.
Thou makest darkenesse, and it is night, wherein all the beastes of the forest creepe forth.
He makes darkness and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
You send the darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.
You make darkness and it becomes night. Then all the wild animals among the trees come out.
Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad:
Thou makest darkness, and it is night; Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.
Thou causest darkness, and it becometh night, Therein, creepeth forth, Every wild beast of the forest;
(103-20) Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about:
You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest creep about.
You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl about.
You make it dark, and it becomes night. Then all the wild animals creep around.
You made the night, and in the darkness all the wild animals come out.
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals stir.
Thou hast set derknessis, and nyyt is maad; alle beestis of the wode schulen go ther ynne.
Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
makest: Psalms 74:16, Psalms 139:10-12, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 8:22, Isaiah 45:7, Amos 1:13
of the forest do creep forth: Heb. thereof do trample on the forest
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:14 - Let there Genesis 1:26 - have dominion Genesis 9:2 - General Job 38:19 - darkness Psalms 65:8 - outgoings Jeremiah 5:6 - and a wolf Amos 5:8 - maketh
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou makest darkness, and it is night,.... The darkness was before the light, and the night before the day, Genesis 1:2 and now the darkness and night are made by the setting of the sun before mentioned; see Isaiah 45:7.
Wherein all the beasts of the field do creep forth; out of their dens, and range about for their prey, as the evening wolves and others: and these are not the only creatures that choose the night and darkness; all wicked men do the same; whose deeds are evil, and do not care to come to the light, lest they should be reproved; particularly drunkards, adulterers, thieves, and murderers, John 3:20. So the Scribes and Pharisees, when they consulted to take away the life of Christ, and agreed with Judas to betray him, did it in the night: so false teachers, who are wolves in sheep's clothing, when it is a night of darkness with the church, take the advantage of it, to creep about and spread their pernicious doctrines; see 2 Timothy 3:6.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 is, that God constitutes the darkness, or so disposes things that it occurs.
Wherein all the beasts of the forest - The margin is, “the beasts thereof do trample on the forest.” The reference is to the beasts which seek their prey at night.
Do creep forth - The Hebrew word used here means properly “to creep,” as the smaller animals do, which have feet, as mice, lizards, crabs, or as those do which glide or drag themselves upon the ground, having no feet, as worms and serpents. Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30; Genesis 9:2. The allusion here is to the quiet and noiseless manner in which the animals come forth at night in search of their prey, or seem to crawl out of their hiding-places - the places where they conceal themselves in the day-time. The idea is, that the arrangements which God has made in regard to day and night are wisely adapted to the animals which he has placed on the earth. The earth is full of animated beings, accomplishing by day and night the purposes of their existence.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 104:20. Thou makest darkness — It is not the design of God that there should be either constant darkness or constant light. That man may labour, he gives him, by means of the sun, the light of the day; and that he may rest from his labour, and get his strength recruited, he gives him night, and comparative darkness. And as it would not be convenient for man and the wild beasts of the forest to collect their food at the same time, he has given the night to them as the proper time to procure their prey, and the day to rest in. When MAN labours, THEY rest; when MAN rests, THEY labour.
