Psalm 136:8 {135:8}
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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.

Lexicon
the sun
הַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁ (haš·še·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

to rule
לְמֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת (lə·mem·še·leṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4475: Rule, a realm, a ruler

the day,
בַּיּ֑וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

His loving devotion
חַסְדּֽוֹ׃ (ḥas·dōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

endures forever.
לְעוֹלָ֣ם (lə·‘ō·w·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always


Additional Translations
the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever.The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endures for ever:

The sun to rule by day; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;

The sun to rule by day; for his mercy endures for ever.

The sun for rule over the day, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,

The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:

The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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

The sun to rule by day, For to the age is His kindness.
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