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Psalm 104:19-21
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 104:19-21
New Catholic Bible
19 You created the moon that marks the seasons
and the sun that knows its time for setting.[a]
20 You bring on darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forests go on the prowl.
21 The young lions[b] roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:19 The ancients governed their lives by the cycles of the sun and moon, which God created on the fourth day for that purpose (see Gen 1:14-19).
- Psalm 104:21 The young lions and man represent the animal and the human kingdom. The psalmist, in accord with the beliefs of his day, postulates that animals come out at night to search for their food, and humans do their working and eating by day. See Jn 9:4, where Jesus uses the inability of humans to work at night (because of the circumstances of his time—absence of light at night) to impart a greater spiritual truth.
