Psalms 104:19
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
BSB
ASV
He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.
KJV
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
He appointeth the moon for seasons,.... Or, "he made" (e); for the moon is the work of his hands, Psa 8:3 as is likewise the sun. From the rain the psalmist passes to the luminaries; for this reason, as Aben Ezra thinks, because they are the cause of rain: the moon is taken notice of in the first place, because, as Kimchi observes, the night was before the day; and in the night of the fourth day were the sun, moon, and stars; but the sun rose in the morning.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 8:3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
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Jeremiah 31:35Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the…
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For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.