Psalms 19:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Their, &c. Quoted in Romans 10:18.

line. inheritance. Hebrew measuring, or allotting line. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for inheritance. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "voice". So Romans 10:18, thus connecting the written word. See note on Psalms 19:7.

earth. Hebrew. erez. the earth (as created).

words. sayings, or teachings. See note on Psalms 18:30.

world. Hebrew. tebel. the world (as inhabited). Greek. oikoumene.

tabernacle. tent, or house. Hence the signs of the Zodiac are called the "houses" of the sun, because in them he moves and dwells, and completes his circuit. This corresponds with God's servants dwelling and moving in the written "Word" (Psalms 19:11).

Psalms 19:4

4 Their linea 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,