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18 The wild goats live in the high mountains;[a]
the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.
19 He made the moon to mark the months,[b]
and the sun sets according to a regular schedule.[c]
20 You make it dark and night comes,[d]
during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:18 tn Heb “the high mountains [are] for the goats.”
  2. Psalm 104:19 tn Heb “he made [the] moon for appointed times.” The phrase “appointed times” probably refers to the months of the Hebrew lunar calendar.
  3. Psalm 104:19 tn Heb more metaphorically, “knows its setting.”
  4. Psalm 104:20 tn Heb “you make darkness, so that it might be night.”