Psalm 19:14

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 19:1-14

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 taught both day and night, and not only in the language of the Jews, but in all tongues. To the chief musician, a psalm of David. v. 1. 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... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 19:1-14

Psalms 19:0To the Chief Musician, A Psalm of David1 The heavens declare the glory of God;And the firmament sheweth his handywork.2 Day unto day uttereth speech,And night unto night sheweth knowledge.3 There is no speech nor language,Where their voice is not heard.4 Their line is gone out through all the earth,And their words to the end of the world.In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,And rejoiceth as a... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 19:1-14

the Works and the Word of God Psalms 19:1-14 This is the “Psalm of the Two Books”-Nature and Scripture. If Psalms 8:1-9 were written at night, Psalms 19:1-14 was surely written by day. In Psalms 19:1 , God is called El, “strong;” in Psalms 19:7-9 ; Psalms 19:14 , the Hebrew Jehovah is translated “Lord,” as if His glory as Creator is the stepping-stone to loftier conceptions of the Redeemer. Nature’s silence! No speech nor language! Psalms 19:3 . What a picture of the sacred stillness of... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 19:1-14

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 name Jehovah. Moreover, it is in the law that God is revealed as Jehovah rather than by the facts of His wonder-working power. This differentiation is justified by the names as used. In the first six verses, which deal with the Nature revelation, the name 'God" appears once and "Jehovah" not at... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:1-14

Psalms 19 Proper Psalm for Christmas Day ( Morning). Psalms 19-21 = Day 4 ( Morning). read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:12-14

The Resulting Prayer For Deliverance From Sin And Declaration Of God’s Total Reliability (Psalms 19:12-14 ). read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:14

‘Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, Be acceptable in your sight, O YHWH, my rock, and my redeemer. So does he want to be right in mouth and heart so as to behave in a way that is totally acceptable to God. And he finishes with the heartfelt prayer that in both the words of his mouth and the thoughts of his heart he might be acceptable in God’s sight. He recognises that it is what is in the heart that defiles a man (Mark 7:20-23). As a man thinks in his heart, so is he... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:1-14

XIX. A. Psalms 19:1-Joshua : . 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 3:3-2 Samuel : *). Psalms 19:3 is a prosaic gloss to guard against any idea that the heavenly bodies speak in the literal sense. Psalms 19:4 . for “ line” read “ voice.”— In them: i.e. “ in the heavens,” but the text is probably corrupt. XIX. B. Psalms 19:7-1 Chronicles : . An... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 19:14

Having prayed that God would keep him from sinful actions, he now prays that God would govern and sanctify his words and thoughts, wherein he had many ways offended, as he here implies, and oft in this book confesseth and bewaileth. And this he the rather doth, because this caution was very necessary to preserve him from presumptuous sins, which have their first rise in the thoughts, and thence proceed to words and expressions, before they break forth into actions. Be acceptable in thy sight,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 19:1-14

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 influences of its light and heat upon the earth; secondly, by inviting their attention to the revealed law, which is more especially adapted to impress them with a sense of God’s superintending care, and to increase their understanding and knowledge of the Divine power and will. The psalm, therefore,... read more

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