Psalms 19:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. ”

• Psalms 19:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber - That is, when he rises in the morning. He rises from the darkness of the night, and comes forth as the bridegroom comes out of the chamber whe...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his (e) chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. (e) Or vail. The custom was that the bride and bridegroom would stand under a vail together,...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  XIX. A. Psalms 19:1-6 . 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 (s...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Which is . And he. chamber . bridal canopy. Hebrew. chuppah. First occurrence; elsewhere, only in Isaiah 4:5 ("defence"). Joel 2:16 ("closet"). And. Omit this "And". strongman. Hebrew....

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• Psalms 19:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. Which is as a bridegroom, etc. - This is a reference to the rising of the sun, as the following ve...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race— This is another comparison taken from the vehemence and force with which a warrior runs toward his enemy; and is not, as some expositors fancy, an allusion...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. Which is as a bridegroom ... and rejoiceth as a strong man - Hebrew, a hero. The point of comp...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  This Ps. falls into two well-marked divisions. Psalms 19:1-6 describe the glory of God ( El ) as seen in the heavenly bodies, especially the sun, and are thus parallel to Psalms 8 ; Psalms 19:7-1...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Which is. — Better, and he is. The suddenness of the Oriental sunrise is finely caught in the image of the uplifted tent-curtain and appearance of the radiant hero (“strong man;” Heb., gibbor....

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• Psalms 19:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 19:1-14 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...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 19:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  These verses contain a most delightful account of the heavens and the heavenly bodies, in their light and beneficial influence; and particularly with reference to the glorious luminary of the day, wh...

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• Psalms 19:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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

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• Psalms 19:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber ,.... His nuptial chamber, on which Elias writes y, "we call the garment (or canopy) spread over the head of the bridegroom and bride, supported b...

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• Psalms 19:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. Ver. 5. Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber ] sc. After long expectation, with...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Their line Their admirable structure, made with great exactness, and, as it were, by rule or line, as the word קו, kav , here used, generally signifies. Or, their lines , the singular number bein...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  God's Glory Seen in the Creation. To the chief musician. A psalm of David.       1 The heavens declare the glory of God; a...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  As a bridegroom; gloriously adorned with light as with a beautiful garment, and smiling upon the lower world with a pleasant countenance. Coming out of his chamber; in which he is poetically supp...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  God Speaks Through Nature ( Psalms 19:1-6 ). ‘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...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 19:1-6 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...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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 Scr...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Psalms 19:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 materia...

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• Psalms 19:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 t...

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• Psalms 19:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 9:24-26 ; Ecclesiastes 1:5 ; Hebrews 12:1 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; Isaiah 61:10 ; Isaiah 62:5 ; John 3:29 ; Philippians 3:13 ; Philippians 3:14

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• Psalms 19:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Bridegroom — Gloriously adorned with light as with a beautiful garment, and smiling upon the world with a pleasant countenance. Chamber — In which he is poetically supposed to have rested all night...

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