Psalm 136:8 {135:8}
Good News Translation
the sun to rule over the day; his love is eternal;

New Revised Standard Version
the sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures forever;

Contemporary English Version
He lets the sun rule each day. God's love never fails.

New American Bible
The sun to rule the day, for his mercy endures forever;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sun to rule the day: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The sun to rule the day: for his mercy endureth for ever.

the sun

Psalm 148:3 Praise ye him, O sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light.

Jeremiah 31:35 Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and of the stars, for the light of the night: who stirreth up the sea, and the waves thereof roar, the Lord of hosts is his name.

Matthew 5:45 That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust.

to rule.

Context
His Loving Faithfulness Endures Forever
7Who made the great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever. 8The sun to rule the day: for his mercy endureth for ever.9The moon and the stars to rule the night: for his mercy endureth for ever.…
Cross References
Genesis 1:16
And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars.

Psalm 74:16
Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.

Psalm 136:7
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