Psalm 19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 19:13

Keep back thy servant also - Restrain thy servant; or, do not suffer him to commit those sins.From presumptuous sins - The word used here is manifestly designed to stand in some respects in contrast with the secret faults mentioned in the previous verse. The word - זד zêd - means properly that which is boiling, swelling, inflated; then proud, arrogant; with the accessory notion of shameless wickedness or impiety. Gesenius, Lexicon. The word is rendered proud in Psalms 86:14; Psalms 119:21,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 19:14

Let the words of my mouth - The words that I speak; all the words that I speak.And the meditation of my heart - The thoughts of my heart.Be acceptable in thy sight - Be such as thou wilt approve; or, be such as will be pleasing to thee; such as will give thee delight or satisfaction; such as will be agreeable to thee. Compare Proverbs 14:35; Isaiah 56:7; Isaiah 60:7; Jeremiah 6:20; Exodus 28:38; Leviticus 22:20-21; Leviticus 19:5. This supposes:(a) that God has such control over our thoughts... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19

A.M. 2944. B.C. 1060. This Psalm sets before us the two great books which God has written and published for the instruction and salvation of mankind, the book of Nature, and the book of Scripture, to the excellence and utility of both of which it bears testimony. As they both proceeded from one and the same perfectly wise and gracious Author, who is the Sovereign of the universe; so they are both perfect in their kind, stand on the same authority, and declare, though in different ways, the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:1

Psalms 19:1. The heavens, &c. To magnify the power, wisdom, and goodness of the Creator, the psalmist begins with the works of creation, and, amidst the immensity of them, singles out those which are most conspicuous, grand, and striking, and best adapted to impress the mind of his reader with a sense of the infinite greatness and majesty of God, and to beget in him a solemn awe of, and veneration for, his matchless glories. The heavens That is, the visible heavens, so vast and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:2

Psalms 19:2. Day unto day Or rather, day after day, uttereth speech Hebrew, יביע אמר , jabiang omer, poureth forth the word or discourse, (namely, concerning God,) constantly, abundantly, and forcibly, as a fountain doth water, as the word signifies. It hath, as it were, a tongue to speak the praises of its Maker. Night unto night showeth knowledge A clear and certain knowledge, or discovery of God its author, and his infinite perfections. “The labour of these our instructers,” says... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:3

Psalms 19:3. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard There are divers nations in the world which have different languages, so that one nation cannot discourse with or be understood by another; but the heavens speak in a language which is universal and intelligible to them all. “No nation or people,” says that wise and learned heathen Tully, “is so barbarous and stupid as not to perceive, when they look up to the heavens, that there is a god; or to imagine, that these... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:4-5

Psalms 19:4-5. 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 being put for the plural, that is, their writing, made up of several lines. In this sense, the very same word is taken, Isaiah 28:10. And thus understood here, the expression is peculiarly proper, because, as has just been intimated, the heavens and other works of God do not teach... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:6

Psalms 19:6. His going forth is from the end of heaven His course is constant from east to west, and thence to the east again. Or, “the light diffused on every side from its fountain, extendeth to the extremities of heaven, filling the whole circle of creation; penetrating even to the inmost substances of grosser bodies, and acting in and through all other matter as the general cause of life and motion.” Horne. And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof There is no part of the earth... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:7

Psalms 19:7 . The law of the Lord The doctrine delivered to his church, whether by Moses, or by other prophets and holy men of God after him: for the title law is not only given to the ten commandments, or the moral law, as Romans 2:23-29; but also to the whole word of God, as Psalms 1:2; Psalms 119:70; Jeremiah 8:8, and elsewhere; and in this general sense it must be here understood, because the effects here mentioned are not produced by, much less are they appropriated to, one part of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:8

Psalms 19:8 . The statutes of the Lord Another word signifying the same thing with law and testimonies, are right Both in themselves, and in their effect, as guiding men in the ready way to eternal happiness. Rejoicing the heart By the discoveries of God’s love to sinful men, in offers and promises of mercy. The commandment of the Lord All his commands; is pure Without the least mixture of error. Enlightening the eyes Of the mind, with a complete manifestation of God’s will and... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 19:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 19:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:4-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 19:8

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