Psalms 19:1-6

The Law of the Lord Is Perfect

1 ¹The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above^[a] proclaims his handiwork.

2 Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.

3 There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.

4 ²Their ³voice^[b] goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for ⁴the sun,

5 ⁵which comes out like ⁶a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Psalms 19:1-6 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.

Cross References

• 1. 19:1 Ps. 50:6; [Rom. 1:19, 20]
• 2. 19:4 Cited Rom. 10:18
• 3. 19:4 [Isa. 28:10]
• 4. 19:4 [Eccles. 1:5]
• 5. 19:5 [Judg. 5:31]
• 6. 19:5 Joel 2:16

Footnotes

• [a] 19:1 Hebrew 'the expanse'; compare Genesis 1:6–8
• [b] 19:4 Or 'Their measuring line'