Read & Study the Bible Online - Bible Portal
Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 19:1-6

From the things that are seen every day by all the world the psalmist, in these verses, leads us to the consideration of the invisible things of God, whose being appears incontestably evident and whose glory shines transcendently bright in the visible heavens, the structure and beauty of them, and the order and influence of the heavenly bodies. This instance of the divine power serves not only to show the folly of atheists, who see there is a heaven and yet say, ?There is no God,? who see the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 19:1

The heavens declare the glory of God ,.... By which we are to understand not the heavens literally taken, though these with the firmament are the handiworks of God, and do declare the glory of his perfections, especially his wisdom and power; these show that there is a God, and that he is a glorious one: but either Gospel churches, often signified by the kingdom of heaven, in the New Testament; the members of them being heaven-born souls, and the doctrines and ordinances ministered among... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 19:2

Day untoday uttereth speech ,.... This, with the following clause, and night untonight showeth knowledge , some understand of the constant and continued succession of day and night; which declares the glory of God, and shows him to be possessed of infinite knowledge and wisdom; and which brings a new accession of knowledge to men; others, of the continual declaration of the glory of God, and of the knowledge of him made by the heavens and the firmament, the ordinances of which always... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 19:3

There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard ,.... Not the voice of the day and night; as if the sense was, that there is no people, of any speech or language under the sun, but there is something said every day and night of the weather, what it is, or will be, as the face of the heavens appears morning and evening: but of the heavens and firmament; the meaning of which some take to be this; either that though they have no proper speech nor language, yet there is a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:1

The heavens declare the glory of God - Literally, The heavens number out the glory of the strong God. A first view of the starry heavens strikes every beholder with astonishment at the power by which they were made, and by which they are supported. To find out the wisdom and skill displayed in their contrivance requires a measure of science: but when the vast magnitude of the celestial bodies is considered, we feel increasing astonishment at these works of the strong God. The firmament - ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:2

Day unto day uttereth speech - Each day is represented as teaching another relative to some new excellence discovered in these manifold works of God. The nights also, by the same figure, are represented as giving information to each other of the increase of knowledge already gained. "The labors of these our instructers know no intermission; but they continue incessantly to lecture us in the science of Divine wisdom. There is one glory of the sun, which shines forth by day; and there are... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:3

There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard - Leave out the expletives here, which pervert the sense; and what remains is a tolerable translation of the original: - קולם נשמע בלי דברים ואין אמר אין Ein omer veein debarim , beli nishma kolam . "No speech, and no words; their voice without hearing." מליהם תבל ובקצה קום יצא הארץ בכל Bechol haarets yatsa kavvam : Ubiktsey thebel milleyhem . "Into all the earth hath gone out their sound; and to the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:1

Verse 1 1.The heavens declare the glory of God. (444) I have already said, that this psalm consists of two parts, in the first of which David celebrates the glory of God as manifested in his works; and, in the other, exalts and magnifies the knowledge of God which shines forth more clearly in his word. He only makes mention of the heavens; but, under this part of creation, which is the noblest, and the excellency of which is more conspicuous, he doubtless includes by synecdoche the whole fabric... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:2

Verse 2 2.Day unto day uttereth speech. Philosophers, who have more penetration into those matters than others, understand how the stars are arranged in such beautiful order, that notwithstanding their immense number there is no confusion; but to the ignorant and unlettered, the continual succession of days is a more undoubted proof of the providence of God. David, therefore, having spoken of the heavens, does not here descend from them to other parts of the world; but, from an effect more... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:3

Verse 3 3.There is no language nor speech [where] their voice is not heard. This verse receives two almost contrary interpretations, each of which, however, has the appearance of probability. As the words, when rendered literally, read thus — No language, and no words, their voice is not heard — some connect the third and fourth verses together, as if this sentence were incomplete without the clause which follows in the beginning of the fourth verse, Their writing has gone forth through all the... read more

Group of Brands