Psalms 104:20
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 104 connects to 9 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
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.
When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.
Cross References
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away …
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall …
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the …
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are …
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.