David. This psalm was to be sung when he or his successors went to battle. In a higher sense, it may allude to the victories of Christ, and of his Church. (Berthier) --- Christian must offer up this prayer for their governors. (Worthington) --- It was probably composed when the Ammonites and Syrians made such great preparations for war, ver. 8., and 2 Kings x. 6, 18. (Calmet)
PSALM XIX _The heavens and their host proclaim the majesty of God_, 1-6; _the excellence and perfection of the Divine law_, 7-10; _its usefulness_, 11. _The psalmist prays for pardon and preservat...
THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD - They announce, proclaim, make known his glory. The word heavens here refers to the material heavens as they appear to the eye - the region of the sun, moon, and...
Psalms 19 Christ in Creation and in Revelation __ 1 In creation (Psalms 19:1) 2. In revelation (Psalms 19:7) Psalms 19:1
XIX. A. PSALMS 19:1. THE REVELATION OF GOD IN NATURE. A fragment of a longer poem. Day and night are pictured as living beings who hand on the tradition of God's creative act from age to age (see Job...
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. The changes from 2 Samuel 22 were made when David handed the Psalm over for general use in public worship. The position of this Psalm in the Structure (p. 721) shows...
"The glory of the Lord" denotes (1) that visible manifestation of His Presence by which He was wont to reveal Himself to Israel, the _Shechinah_as it was called in later times (Exodus 16:7; Exodus 16:...
The universal revelation of God in Nature....
_The creatures shew God's glory; the word, his grace. David prayeth for grace._ To the chief musician, A Psalm of David. _TITLE._— לדוד מזמור למנצח _lamnatseach mizmor ledavid._ The author in this Ps...
PSALMS 19 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Greater than the Glory of God in the Heavens is the Grace of Jehovah in the Law. ANALYSIS A Composite Psalm: in which, by the mere force of Juxtaposition, the Grace of J...
_THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD; AND THE FIRMAMENT SHEWETH HIS HANDYWORK._ Psalms 19:1.-The book of nature (Psalms 19:1), and that of Revelation (Psalms 19:7), alike have as their theme the glor...
THE FIRMAMENT] the sky, conceived of as a solid canopy: see Genesis 1:6....
This Ps. falls into two well-marked divisions. Psalms 19:1 describe the glory of God (_El_) as seen in the heavenly bodies, especially the sun, and are thus parallel to Psalms 8; Psalms 19:7 deal with...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THE HEAVENS DECLARE. — Better, _the heavens are telling._ The poet is even now gazing at the sky, not philosophising on a familiar natural phenomenon, nor is he merely enjoying beauty. Not only is his...
לַ † מְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמֹ֥ור לְ דָוִֽד׃ ...
Psalms 19:1 Is this originally one psalm or bits of two, pieced together to suggest a comparison between the two sources of knowledge of God, which the authors did not dream of? The affirmative is str...
THE WORKS AND THE WORD OF GOD Psalms 19:1 This is the “Psalm of the Two Books”-Nature and Scripture. If Psalms 8:1 were written at night, Psalms 19:1 was surely written by day. In...
The burden of this psalm is the twofold revelation of Jehovah. He is revealed in Nature and in law. Yet in Nature Jehovah is revealed as God and not by those especial qualities suggested by the great...
"To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David." The (a) heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. (a) He reproaches man for his ingratitude, seeing the heavens, which are...
CONTENTS We have here another hymn, if not to the victories of Jesus in the works of grace, yet to his glory as manifested in the works of creation, and in the gospel of his salvation. In the former...
Psalms 19 _ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
1._The heavens declare the glory of God. _(444) I have already said, that this psalm consists of two parts, in the first of which David celebrates the glory of God as manifested in his works; and, in...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 18 AND 19. Psalms 18 presents to us the connection of Christ, and particularly of His (not atoning suffering that is found in Psalms 22, but His) entering into t...
THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD,.... By which we are to understand not the heavens literally taken, though these with the firmament are the handiworks of God, and do declare the glory of his perf...
Psalms 19:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. _The heavens declare the glory of God_] The world, saitb Clement...
_The heavens_, &c. To magnify the power, wisdom, and goodness of the Creator, the psalmist begins with the works of creation, and, amidst the immensity of them, singles out those which are most conspi...
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth, is announcing or extolling, HIS HANDIWORK. The entire universe reflects the majesty of God's creative power, and therefore all nature i...
A PROPHECY OF THE GOSPEL. Luther says of this psalm that it is a prophecy of the Gospel as it was intended to go forth into all the world, as wide as the heavens extend, and to be proclaimed and taug...
1-6 The heavens so declare the glory of God, and proclaim his wisdom, power, and goodness, that all ungodly men are left without excuse. They speak themselves to be works of God's hands; for they mus...
PSALM 19 THE ARGUMENT The design of this Psalm is to adore and magnify the name of God, for the discovery of his wisdom, and power, and goodness, both by his great and glorious works of creation and p...
Psalms 19:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Psalm H4210 David H1732 heavens H8064 declare H5608 (H8764) glory H3519 God...
GOD SPEAKS THROUGH NATURE (PSALMS 19:1). ‘The heavens declare the glory of God,' And the firmament reveals his handiwork. Day to day utters speech, And night to night shows knowledge.' The psalmis...
Psalms 19:1 Part First. The praise of the Divine glory in the natural world of creation is first general (vers. 1-4) and then particular (vers. 4-6). I. The whole visible expanse of sky is the them...
This Psalm teaches us the excellence of the two revelations which God has made to man. The first is the revelation which he has made in nature, and the second is that which he has made in his inspired...
This Psalm has the same subject as Psalms 119:1. Both of them are full of praise of God's Word. God has written two books for us to read,-the volume of the Creation and the volume of the Sacred Script...
CONTENTS: God's revelation of Himself in the book of nature, book of the law and the book of human life. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God makes Himself known through three great books, all of...
Psalms 19:4. _Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to_ _the end of the world._ The LXX, φθογγος, _phthoggos._ Vulgate, _sonus,_ their _sound;_ the music of their voice. The el...
_The heavens declare the glory of God._ THE GLORY OF GOD Nature exists not for a merely natural, but for a moral end; not for what it is, but for what it says or declares. I. What nature tells us t...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 19:1. In singing this psalm, God’s people celebrate his law as his supreme revelation of himself. The psalm recounts the way the creation speaks of its Maker (vv....
INTRODUCTION “This psalm instructs its readers in the glory and goodness of God; first, by directing their contemplation to the structure of the heavens, to the course of the sun, and to the kindly in...
EXPOSITION THE nineteenth psalm is one of meditative praise. The psalmist, looking abroad over the whole world, finds two main subjects for his eulogy—first, the glorious fabric of the material creati...
Chapter 19 is one of the beautiful favorite psalms where David does speak about how God does reveal Himself to man in nature. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handi...
Daniel 12:3; Genesis 1:14; Genesis 1:15; Genesis 1:6; Isaiah 40:22;...
The heavens — They are as a legible book, wherein he that runs may read it. The glory — His eternal power and Godhead, his infinite wisdom and goodness. Firmament — Or, the expansion, all the vast spa...