Psalms 136:7

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Psalms 136:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

5 By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever.

6 He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.

7 He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.

8 the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever.

9 the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 74:16

The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

Psalms 74:17

You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

Psalms 104:19

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

Genesis 1:15

And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:16

God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

Genesis 1:17

God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

Genesis 1:18

to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:19

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

Deuteronomy 4:19

When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.