The Meaning of Psalms 104:20 Explained

Psalms 104:20

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

YLT: Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 104:20?

MEANING: What does Psalms 104:20 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 104:20 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 104:20?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 104:20 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 104:13-23 - A Habitation For Beast And Man
Where there is true love for God, there will be a glad and rejoicing heart that takes pleasure in the study of His works. The loving child of a great artist lingers about his studio, watches with eager interest the development of picture or statue, and speaks with delight to others of her father's work. It is in such a spirit that those who know God in daily fellowship and communion follow the psalmist to mountain streams, to the pastures and the meadows, the grain-fields and the orchards, the high mountains with their dark pines and firs.
There is no pen that has more eloquently portrayed these scenes than Ruskin's. He had a natural love for beauty, and an unrivaled genius for vivid description; but it was as a boy at his mother's knee that he learned from these Scriptures to connect the glories of the natural world with the devout adoration of the Creator. His books reflect this early training.
This psalm may be called a divine commentary on God's earliest book-the world which lies around us. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 104

1  A meditation upon the mighty power
7  And wonderful providence of God
31  God's glory is eternal
33  The prophet vows perpetually to praise God

What do the individual words in Psalms 104:20 mean?

You make darkness and it is night in which creep about all the beasts of the forest
תָּֽשֶׁת־ חֹ֭שֶׁךְ וִ֣יהִי לָ֑יְלָה בּֽוֹ־ תִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂ כָּל־ חַיְתוֹ־ יָֽעַר

תָּֽשֶׁת־  You  make 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שִׁית  
Sense: to put, set.
חֹ֭שֶׁךְ  darkness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹשֶׁךְ  
Sense: darkness, obscurity.
וִ֣יהִי  and  it  is 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָ֑יְלָה  night 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: לַיִל 
Sense: night.
בּֽוֹ־  in  which 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
תִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂ  creep  about 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: רָמַשׂ  
Sense: to creep, move lightly, move about, walk on all fours.
חַיְתוֹ־  the  beasts 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
יָֽעַר  of  the  forest 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַעַר 
Sense: forest, wood, thicket, wooded height.

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