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16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared{H8689)} the light and the sun.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: …
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: …
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-17)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 the minds of those that are here sorrowing for the solemn assembly:— I. That God is the God of Israel, a God in covenant with his people (Ps. 74:12): God is my King of old . This comes in both as a…
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