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Psalms 104:20 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.


Psalms 104:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 104:209 words
HebrewMeaning
תָּֽשֶׁתtāšet
you makeverbH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
חֹ֭שֶׁךְḥōšekə
darknessnounH2822
night · obscurity
וִ֣/יהִיwiyhiy
and it may beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ֑יְלָהlāyəlāh
nightnounH3915
בּֽ/וֹbwō
pron
תִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂtirəmōś
it moves aboutverbH7430
move
כָּלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
חַיְת/וֹḥayətwō
animal ofnounH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
יָֽעַרyāʿar
the forestnounH3293
forest · wood
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 104:20

1. ...“Bless the Lord, O my soul.” Let the soul of us all, made one in Christ, say this. “O Lord my God, You are magnified exceedingly!” Psalm 103:1. Where are You magnified? “Confession and beauty You have put on.” Confess ye, that you may be beautified, that He may put you on. “Clothed with light as a garment” Psalm 103:2. Clothed with His Church, because she is made “light” in Him, who before was darkness in herself, as the apostle says: “You were sometime darkness, but…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 104 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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