Psalms 19:1-7

Psalm 19

For the music leader. A psalm of David.

1 Heaven is declaring God's glory; the sky is proclaiming his handiwork.

2 One day gushes the news to the next, and one night informs another what needs to be known.

3 Of course, there's no speech, no words— their voices can't be heard—

4 but their sound extends throughout the world; their words reach the ends of the earth. God has made a tent in heaven for the sun.

5 The sun is like a groom coming out of his honeymoon suite; like a warrior, it thrills at running its course.

6 It rises in one end of the sky; its circuit is complete at the other. Nothing escapes its heat.

7 The LORD's Instruction is perfect, reviving one's very being. The LORD's laws are faithful, making naive people wise.

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Psalms 19:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. This psalm was penned by David, and inscribed to the chief musician, as others, to be used in public service, and was designed for Gospel times, as the subject of it shows; which is first, not an account of the light of nature, and then of the law of Moses, but of the Gospel of Christ; and especially as ministered in the times of the apostles, as a citation out of it in Romans 10:18, makes clear.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible