Psalms Chapter 104 verse 22 Holy Bible
The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.
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The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest.
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The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens.
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The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
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The sun rises, and they steal away, And lay down in their dens.
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The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 22, 23. - The sun ariseth. Bright beams of light flame up the eastern sky; and earth basks in the sun's smile. But it is a signal to the lions and the other wild beasts to withdraw. They gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. Hiding themselves from the eye of day, and retreating into places where they are safe. Then it is the turn of humanity to reappear. Humanity wakes up; and man goeth forth auto his work and to his labour uutil the evening; i.e. man proceeds to his appointed task, which is "work" - once a curse (Genesis 3:17-19), now a blessing (Ephesians 4:28).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) Lay them down.--With sunrise all is changed. The Wild animals, with their savage instincts, give way to man with his orderly habits and arranged duties. The curse of labour, on which the account in Genesis dwells, is here entirely out of sight, and instead there appears the "poetry of labour." And if all sense of the primal curse has disappeared, the later curse, which lies so heavy on the modern generations of overworked men,"Who make perpetual moan,Still from one labour to another thrown,"has not appeared. The day brings only healthy toil, and the evening happy rest.
