Psalm 136:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

the sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures forever;

Cross References

Genesis 1:16

God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.

Psalm 148:3

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars!

Psalm 74:16

Yours is the day, yours also the night; you established the luminaries and the sun.

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord of hosts is his name:

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.