Psalms 104:20

"He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set."

Key Reflection

In Psalms 104:20, the moon is portrayed as a marker for seasons, reflecting its significance in agricultural and religious life of ancient Israelites, who relied on lunar cycles to determine festivals and planting times. The sun, meanwhile, setting daily at regular intervals, symbolizes the divine order and predictability that governed their lives—both in terms of natural rhythms and structured timekeeping for worship and harvests.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thou makest darkness, and it is night -Thou hast made arrangements for the return of night - for the alternations of day and night. The Hebrew word rendered “makest,” means “to place;” and the idea is, that God constitutes the darkness, or so disposes things that it occurs. Wherein all the beasts of the forest -The margin is, “the beasts thereof do trample on the forest.” The reference is to the beasts which seek their prey at night.

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