Psalms 74:16 - Exposition

The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the light and the sun (see Genesis 1:5 , Genesis 1:15 , Genesis 1:16 ); rather, thou hast prepared him light and sun. "Luminary" ( מָאוֹר ) is probably a class name for the heavenly lights generally. The sun is then particularized, as so much the most important of the luminaries. But the result is "an imperfect parallelism" (Cheyne).