Psalms 104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 104 connects to 10 cross-references. A creation hymn — echoing ancient Near Eastern creation traditions — praising God who stretches out the heavens like a tent, rides the clouds, and establishes the mountains in their places. Springs provide water for wild animals, storks nest in …
Other Translations
He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.
He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.
He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.
Cross References
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the …
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is …
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and …
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God …
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; …
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there …