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Psalm 136:8

the sun to rule by day, for his loving kindness endures forever;

6to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loving kindness endures forever;
7to him who made the great lights, for his loving kindness endures forever;
8the sun to rule by day, for his loving kindness endures forever;
9the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness endures forever;
10to him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn, for his loving kindness endures forever;
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Notice

The sun's rule over the day becomes a reason for praise here, linking a familiar part of creation with God's enduring loving kindness.

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Where else Scripture says this

5 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 65:8They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning’s dawn and the evening with songs of joy.Psalm 65 celebrates God calling the dawn; Psalm 136 praises him for the sun that rules the day.
Psalm 148:3Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!Psalm 136 praises God for the sun's rule, while Psalm 148 commands the sun itself to praise him.
Jeremiah 31:35The LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves …Both passages name God as the giver of the sun and describe its appointed place in the day.
Matthew 5:45that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.Both passages connect the sun with God's care; Matthew specifies that its light reaches the evil and the good.
Genesis 1:16God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.Both passages describe God making the light that rules the day; Psalm 136 pairs that work with his enduring loving kindness.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. an ordinary day. praise and worship.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Pause at a window and thank God for daylight

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Encouragement

The sun rules the day because God made it for that task. His care is expressed in creation, and his loving kindness endures forever.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).