A Tabernacle in the Sunrise With a Staff and Scrollby CBPepper
19:5Psalms 19:5
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
God has set a dwelling in the heavens that declare His glory for the sun, which rises like a bridegroom leaving his chamber and runs its appointed way across the sky with the joyful strength of a runner, ruling the day with light in steady, undeviating order. Its light, beauty and movement testify to the glory, majesty, power and love of its Creator, with the changing seasons giving fresh tokens of His wisdom and care. The psalm joins God's law with His created works, showing that nature and the written word agree and shed light on each other to make God and the wise laws by which He works better known. The sight calls for praise, adoration, thanksgiving for His goodness, and joy in the Lord as the mind is lifted to behold His works. God is to be learned through His works together with His word so that lives may fulfill His purpose in obedience to His natural and moral laws, and like the sun's steady course His servants are to move forward steadily, growing in wisdom, holiness and excellence of work.
The Sun's Joyful Course
The verse belongs to the declaration that the heavens declare the glory of God, for God has set a tabernacle in the heavens for the sun. It stands among words of praise and adoration that call for unfailing thanksgiving and praise to God for His goodness and for joy in the Lord.
The sun is likened to a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, emerging and appearing in the sky with joyful energy. It is likened also to a strong man rejoicing to run a race, to a strong runner gladly and vigorously setting out on his course. Its rising fills the sky with light, and its beauty and movement lift the mind to behold God's works. This joyful, vigorous course belongs to the testimony of nature, which reveals God and His character through the wise laws by which He works.
The sun moves on its appointed, ordered course across the sky. Its movement is steady and undeviating, illustrating ordered, vigorous movement in God's creation. It runs that course with energy and joy day by day.
The sun rules the day as a witness to God's glory. It fills the sky with light as it rises and runs. Together with the moon with its different light, it declares God's glory through nature.
Nature Declares God's Glory
The sun in its appointed course across the sky, coming forth joyfully as a bridegroom from his chamber and racing as a strong runner, testifies by its light to the glory of its Creator. Its rising and appearing with joyful, vigorous energy fills the sky with light, and its beauty and movement lift the mind to the majesty and character of God who made it. The heavens thus declare God's glory, for He has set a tabernacle in them for the sun, and sun and moon with their different lights, the sun ruling the day, declare that glory through nature. That witness belongs to praise and adoration, calling for continual thanksgiving for His goodness and joy in the Lord. The ever-varying scenes of the recurring seasons give fresh tokens of that same glory, power, and love.
The psalm binds God's law with His created works, so that nature reveals God and His character through the wise laws by which He works. The description of the heavens is part of how nature teaches those laws and makes God better known. The sun's beauty and movement direct the mind to praise, because His works reveal His character and majesty.
God's works in nature hold lessons of wisdom and healing for all, with the recurring seasons continually renewing the tokens of His glory, His power, and His love.
Nature and the written word agree and shed light on each other. The book of nature and the written word together teach God's character and the laws through which He works, and together they make God better known.
Learning and Living Response
The rising of the sun with the joyful vigor of a bridegroom leaving his chamber and a strong runner setting out to run belongs to words of praise and adoration, calling never again to fail in thanksgiving and praise to God for His goodness and in joy in the Lord. The sun's daily course is part of nature's beauty, and its light lifts the mind to behold God's works in praise. Its beauty and movement as it fills the sky with light direct the mind to praise God, whose works reveal His character and majesty.
God is to be learned through His works together with His word, so that lives may fulfill His purpose. God's works in nature hold lessons of wisdom and healing for all, with the ever-varying scenes of the recurring seasons giving fresh tokens of His glory, His power, and His love. Older students, while gaining human arts and learning, should also seek God's wisdom and learn His divine laws, both natural and moral, because obedience to them brings life and happiness in this world and in the world to come. True schooling teaches youth that greatness consists in honoring God by revealing His character in daily life. Faith in God gives power to resist temptation as the only real safeguard against sin, which skepticism sown in young minds removes because the human heart is inclined to evil.
The psalm cannot be understood and spoken of intelligently without consecrating one's talents to God. Understanding Christ's sacrifice brings a sense of responsibility as His servant. Like the sun moving on its appointed course with energy and joy in steady, undeviating movement, God's servants should steadily grow in wisdom, holiness, and excellence in their work. Those who lead God's work should move forward steadily, like the sun, as they grow in wisdom and favor with God.
God has set a dwelling in the heavens that declare His glory for the sun, which rises like a bridegroom leaving his chamber and runs its appointed way across the sky with the joyful strength of a runner, ruling the day with light in steady, undeviating order. Its light, beauty and movement testify to the glory, majesty, power and love of its Creator, with the changing seasons giving fresh tokens of His wisdom and care. The psalm joins God's law with His created works, showing that nature and the written word agree and shed light on each other to make God and the wise laws by which He works better known. The sight calls for praise, adoration, thanksgiving for His goodness, and joy in the Lord as the mind is lifted to behold His works. God is to be learned through His works together with His word so that lives may fulfill His purpose in obedience to His natural and moral laws, and like the sun's steady course His servants are to move forward steadily, growing in wisdom, holiness and excellence of work.
The Sun's Joyful Course
The verse belongs to the declaration that the heavens declare the glory of God, for God has set a tabernacle in the heavens for the sun. It stands among words of praise and adoration that call for unfailing thanksgiving and praise to God for His goodness and for joy in the Lord.
The sun is likened to a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, emerging and appearing in the sky with joyful energy. It is likened also to a strong man rejoicing to run a race, to a strong runner gladly and vigorously setting out on his course. Its rising fills the sky with light, and its beauty and movement lift the mind to behold God's works. This joyful, vigorous course belongs to the testimony of nature, which reveals God and His character through the wise laws by which He works.
The sun moves on its appointed, ordered course across the sky. Its movement is steady and undeviating, illustrating ordered, vigorous movement in God's creation. It runs that course with energy and joy day by day.
The sun rules the day as a witness to God's glory. It fills the sky with light as it rises and runs. Together with the moon with its different light, it declares God's glory through nature.
Nature Declares God's Glory
The sun in its appointed course across the sky, coming forth joyfully as a bridegroom from his chamber and racing as a strong runner, testifies by its light to the glory of its Creator. Its rising and appearing with joyful, vigorous energy fills the sky with light, and its beauty and movement lift the mind to the majesty and character of God who made it. The heavens thus declare God's glory, for He has set a tabernacle in them for the sun, and sun and moon with their different lights, the sun ruling the day, declare that glory through nature. That witness belongs to praise and adoration, calling for continual thanksgiving for His goodness and joy in the Lord. The ever-varying scenes of the recurring seasons give fresh tokens of that same glory, power, and love.
The psalm binds God's law with His created works, so that nature reveals God and His character through the wise laws by which He works. The description of the heavens is part of how nature teaches those laws and makes God better known. The sun's beauty and movement direct the mind to praise, because His works reveal His character and majesty.
God's works in nature hold lessons of wisdom and healing for all, with the recurring seasons continually renewing the tokens of His glory, His power, and His love.
Nature and the written word agree and shed light on each other. The book of nature and the written word together teach God's character and the laws through which He works, and together they make God better known.
Learning and Living Response
The rising of the sun with the joyful vigor of a bridegroom leaving his chamber and a strong runner setting out to run belongs to words of praise and adoration, calling never again to fail in thanksgiving and praise to God for His goodness and in joy in the Lord. The sun's daily course is part of nature's beauty, and its light lifts the mind to behold God's works in praise. Its beauty and movement as it fills the sky with light direct the mind to praise God, whose works reveal His character and majesty.
God is to be learned through His works together with His word, so that lives may fulfill His purpose. God's works in nature hold lessons of wisdom and healing for all, with the ever-varying scenes of the recurring seasons giving fresh tokens of His glory, His power, and His love. Older students, while gaining human arts and learning, should also seek God's wisdom and learn His divine laws, both natural and moral, because obedience to them brings life and happiness in this world and in the world to come. True schooling teaches youth that greatness consists in honoring God by revealing His character in daily life. Faith in God gives power to resist temptation as the only real safeguard against sin, which skepticism sown in young minds removes because the human heart is inclined to evil.
The psalm cannot be understood and spoken of intelligently without consecrating one's talents to God. Understanding Christ's sacrifice brings a sense of responsibility as His servant. Like the sun moving on its appointed course with energy and joy in steady, undeviating movement, God's servants should steadily grow in wisdom, holiness, and excellence in their work. Those who lead God's work should move forward steadily, like the sun, as they grow in wisdom and favor with God.