Psalm 19:14 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 19:7-14

God's glory, (that is, his goodness to man) appears much in the works of creation, but much more in and by divine revelation. The holy scripture, as it is a rule both of our duty to God and of our expectation from him, is of much greater use and benefit to us than day or night, than the air we breathe in, or the light of the sun. The discoveries made of God by his works might have served if man had retained his integrity; but, to recover him out of his fallen state, another course must be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 19:14

Let the words of my mouth ,.... Meaning either his speech in common conversation, which should not be filthy and foolish, rotten and corrupt; but such as ministers grace to the hearer: or else his address to God, both in prayer and thanksgiving; and the meditation of my heart ; his inward thoughts continually revolving in his mind; or his meditation on the word of God and divine things; or mental prayer, which is not expressed, only conceived in the mind; be acceptable in thy sight ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:14

Let the words of my mouth - He has prayed against practical sin, the sins of the body; now, against the sins of the mouth and of the heart. Let my mouth speak nothing but what is true, kind, and profitable; and my heart meditate nothing but what is holy, pure, and chaste. Acceptable in thy sight - Like a sacrifice without spot or blemish, offered up with a perfect heart to God. O Lord, my strength - צורי tsuri , "my fountain, my origin." My redeemer - גאלי goali , my... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:14

Verse 14 14.Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart. David asks still more expressly to be fortified by the grace of God, and thus enabled to live an upright and holy life. The substance of the verse is this: I beseech thee, O God, not only to keep me from breaking forth into the external acts of transgression, but also to frame my tongue and my heart to the obedience of thy law. We know how difficult it is, even for the most perfect, so to bridle their words and thoughts, as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:1-14

Rhythmically, the divisions correspond to the changes in the thought. There is first a stately movement, continued for six versos, devoted to the glories of the universe; then a livelier strain in longer (mostly double ) lines, praising the Law of the Lord, and extending to five verses only; finally, a conclusion in short, broken lines, limited to three verses. The psalm is generally allowed to be David's, and is declared to be his by the title. There are no internal indications by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:1-14

Nature as a preacher. Mark— I. THE GRAND SUBJECT . "The glory of God." II. THE SPLENDID AUDIENCE . "All the earth." III. THE FAITHFUL DELIVERY . Marked by truth, freshness, constancy, impartiality (verses 1-4). Other preachers cannot continue by reason of death. Hence there is change. One succeeds another. But this preacher goes on without break or weariness from day to day and age to age, bearing witness for God ( Romans 1:20 ; Acts 14:17 ). IV. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:8-14

The voice of Jehovah in his Word. The Prophet Isaiah, in his forty-fifth chapter, and in the eighth and ninth verses, refers both to the work of God's hands in the world which he has created, and to the words of his lips in the promises he has made; and in both cases it is said, "not in vain" "Not in vain" is the earth formed; "not in vain" is the promise uttered. In both there is a Divine aim and purpose. That antithesis between the works and the Word of God is more ancient than Isaiah's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:11-14

Man's relation to the Divine Law. The former part of the psalm is a comparison and a contrast between God's revelation of himself in nature and in his Law. Now the psalmist passes on to consider his own relation to the Divine Law; what light it throws upon his character and circumstances, and what rewards it bestows upon those who abide in the steadfast observance of it. I. WHAT THE DIVINE LAW TAUGHT THE PSALMIST . ( Psalms 19:12 , Psalms 19:13 .) 1 . His... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:12-14

A consideration of the Law cannot but raise the thought of transgression. Man "had not known sin but by the Law" ( Romans 7:7 ), and he cannot contemplate the Law without being reminded of possible disobedience to it. The psalmist's thoughts are led in this direction, and he ends with an earnest prayer against "secret sins" ( Psalms 19:12 ), against "presumptuous sins" ( Psalms 19:13 ), and against sins of word and thought ( Psalms 19:14 ), addressed to "God his Strength [or, 'his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:14

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight . Nor let my doings only be righteous; let the door of my lips be kept, that I utter no evil word, and the recesses of my heart be purged, that I think no evil thought. O Lord, my strength ; literally, my Rock ( צוּדִי ), as in Psalms 18:1 . And my Redeemer (comp. Psalms 78:35 ; and see Genesis 48:16 ; Exodus 15:13 ; Le 25:48; Ruth 4:4 ; Job 19:25 ; Isaiah 63:9 ). As applied to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 19:7-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 19:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 19:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:8-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:11-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:12-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 19:14

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