CHAPTER 19

A PSALM OF DAVID: THE WONDERFUL CREATION AND COVENANTS OF GOD

¹The heavens declare the Glory of God; and the firmament shows His Handywork (this Passage means that there is no excuse for man not to believe in God, for we are plainly told here that the heavens declare the Glory of God).

²Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night shows knowledge.

³There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. (This means that the material Earth is the sphere in which the Heavenly Message operates, and the message itself is addressed to the inhabited world. There is no limitation. All nations are embraced in this gracious revelation. Even though such knowledge does not bring one Salvation, it is the first step toward the acknowledgment of God, and all that pertains to God, which leaves man without excuse.)

⁴Their line (teaching) is gone out through all the Earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has He set a tabernacle for the sun (this means the heavens and the constellations keep continually pouring forth teaching respecting the Glory of God, so that all nations are without excuse [Rom. 1:1920]; modern science has discovered that the sun is enclosed in an envelope of fire, but this fact was shown in this Psalm about three thousand years ago),

⁵Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race (pictures the sun).

⁶His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof (many things are hidden from the light of the sun, but nothing from its heat, which is the vital force whence the whole Earth receives life and energy, incidentally given here in the Bible first of all).

⁷The Law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the Testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple (this tells us that the Bible is Perfect; in fact, the Bible is the only revealed Truth in the world, and in fact ever has been; it alone can make wise the simple).

⁸The Statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the Commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes (they are right, not merely because they are of the Lord, but because they, in fact, are right).

⁹The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether (this is the instruction afforded by God for fearing Him).

¹⁰More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb (Gods Word is a far greater good to man and, therefore, far more to be desired, than any amount of riches).

¹¹Moreover by them is Your servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward (one might say that Jesus dwelt in the Scriptures as the sun dwells in the heavens; they warned Him, they admonished and taught Him).

¹²Who can understand his errors? cleanse You me from secret faults (the only way that one can understand his errors is by going to the Word of God; as well, the only thing that will probe deep into the heart of man, locating the secret faults, is the Word of God).

¹³Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression (the great transgression spoken of in this Verse is that of declaring the Word of God insufficient for the problems at hand; this is what makes humanistic psychology so wrong, the embracing of such is a statement that says the Word of God is insufficient).

¹⁴Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength, and my Redeemer (our words can only be acceptable unto Him, along with the meditation of our heart, so long as they remain constant in the Word of God).