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Verse Psalms 19:10. _MORE TO BE DESIRED_ ARE THEY _THAN GOLD_] This is
strictly true; but who believes it? By most men _gold_ is preferred
both to _God_ and his _judgments_; and they will barter every...
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MORE TO BE DESIRED ARE THEY THAN GOLD - That is, his law; or, as in
the preceding verse, his judgments. They are more valuable than gold;
they are of such a nature that the soul should more desire to...
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Psalms 19
Christ in Creation and in Revelation
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1 In creation (Psalms 19:1)
2. In revelation (Psalms 19:7)
Psalms 19:1
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XIX. A. PSALMS 19:1. THE REVELATION OF GOD IN NATURE. A fragment of a
longer poem. Day and night are pictured as living beings who hand on
the tradition of God's creative act from age to age (see Job...
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DISCOURSE: 521
THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE SCRIPTURES
Psalms 19:10. _More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much
fine gold; sweeter also than honey, and the honeycomb. Moreover, by
them is t...
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SWEETER ALSO THAN HONEY AND THE HONEY-COMB— There is no great
difference made among _us_ between the delicacy of honey in the comb,
and after its separation from it. We may therefore be at a loss to
e...
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PSALMS 19
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Greater than the Glory of God in the Heavens is the Grace of Jehovah
in the Law.
ANALYSIS
A Composite Psalm: in which, by the mere force of Juxtaposition, the
Grace of J...
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_MORE TO BE DESIRED ARE THEY THAN GOLD, YEA, THAN MUCH FINE GOLD:
SWEETER ALSO THAN HONEY AND THE HONEYCOMB._
More to be desired ... fine gold. The law understood in its
spiritual, reviving, and joy-...
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This Ps. falls into two well-marked divisions. Psalms 19:1 describe
the glory of God (_El_) as seen in the heavenly bodies, especially the
sun, and are thus parallel to Psalms 8; Psalms 19:7 deal with...
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THE HONEYCOMB] rather, 'the droppings of the honeycomb,' the purest of
the honey....
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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HONEYCOMB. — (See margin.) The honey that drops from the comb is the
finest and purest....
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_[Psalms 19:11]_ הַֽ נֶּחֱמָדִ֗ים מִ֭ זָּהָב
וּ...
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Psalms 19:1
Is this originally one psalm or bits of two, pieced together to
suggest a comparison between the two sources of knowledge of God,
which the authors did not dream of? The affirmative is str...
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THE WORKS AND THE WORD OF GOD
Psalms 19:1
This is the “Psalm of the Two Books”-Nature and Scripture. If
Psalms 8:1 were written at night, Psalms 19:1 was surely written by
day. In...
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The burden of this psalm is the twofold revelation of Jehovah. He is
revealed in Nature and in law. Yet in Nature Jehovah is revealed as
God and not by those especial qualities suggested by the great...
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More to be (i) desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
(i) Unless God's word is esteemed above all worldly things, it is
contemned....
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Here the sacred writer makes a beautiful transition from the works of
nature to contemplate the works of grace. Having celebrated the
praises of Jehovah in his outward courts, he now enters the inner...
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Psalms 19
_ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
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10._More to be desired are they than gold. _The Psalmist now exalts
the law of God both on account of its price and sweetness. This
commendation depends on the commendations given in the preceding
ver...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 18 AND 19.
Psalms 18 presents to us the connection of Christ, and particularly of
His (not atoning suffering that is found in Psalms 22, but His)
entering into t...
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MORE TO BE DESIRED [ARE THEY] THAN GOLD,.... This refers to all the
truths in the word of God; to all the doctrines of the Gospel; which,
by good men, are more desirable, and by them more prized and v...
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More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Ver. 10. _More to be desired are they than gold_] Old people are all
for profit, young fo...
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_More to be desired are they than gold_ Than the wealth of this world,
although so generally preferred before them; _yea, than much fine
gold_ Than gold of the best quality, and in the greatest quanti...
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A PROPHECY OF THE GOSPEL.
Luther says of this psalm that it is a prophecy of the Gospel as it
was intended to go forth into all the world, as wide as the heavens
extend, and to be proclaimed and taug...
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More to be desired are they, the contents of the Word, than gold, yea,
THAN MUCH FINE GOLD, SWEETER ALSO THAN HONEY AND THE HONEYCOMB, the
droppings of honeycombs, on account of the incomparably beaut...
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THE HONEYCOMB:
_ Heb._ the dropping of honeycombs...
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7-10 The Holy Scripture is of much greater benefit to us than day or
night, than the air we breathe, or the light of the sun. To recover
man out of his fallen state, there is need of the word of God....
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THAN MUCH FINE GOLD; than gold of the best quality, and in the
greatest quantity. SWEETER ALSO THAN HONEY; which was most sweet in
those Eastern countries. THE HONEYCOMB; than that honey which the bee...
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Psalms 19:10 desired H2530 (H8737) gold H2091 much H7227 gold H6337
Sweeter H4966 honey H1706 honeycomb H5317...
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GOD SPEAKS THROUGH HIS WORD AND COVENANT (PSALMS 19:7).
Psalms 19:7
‘ The instruction (law) of YHWH is perfect, restoring the soul,
The testimony of YHWH is sure, making wise the simple.
For the In...
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Psalms 19:10
I. The value of the law, as compared with gold, may be measured by the
good it does; its honey sweetness by its manner of doing it.
II. The twofold commendation of the law in ver. 10 may...
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This Psalm teaches us the excellence of the two revelations which God
has made to man. The first is the revelation which he has made in
nature, and the second is that which he has made in his inspired...
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This Psalm has the same subject as Psalms 119:1. Both of them are full
of praise of God's Word. God has written two books for us to read,-the
volume of the Creation and the volume of the Sacred Script...
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CONTENTS: God's revelation of Himself in the book of nature, book of
the law and the book of human life.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: God makes Himself known through three great books, all of...
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Psalms 19:4. _Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their
words to_ _the end of the world._ The LXX, φθογγος,
_phthoggos._ Vulgate, _sonus,_ their _sound;_ the music of their
voice. The el...
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_More to be desired are they than gold._
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
I. The excellence of the holy scriptures. None are ignorant of the
value of money. Money gives access to every other possession. Point
out...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 19:1. In singing this psalm, God’s
people celebrate his law as his supreme revelation of himself. The
psalm recounts the way the creation speaks of its Maker (vv....
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INTRODUCTION
“This psalm instructs its readers in the glory and goodness of God;
first, by directing their contemplation to the structure of the
heavens, to the course of the sun, and to the kindly in...
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EXPOSITION
THE nineteenth psalm is one of meditative praise. The psalmist,
looking abroad over the whole world, finds two main subjects for his
eulogy—first, the glorious fabric of the material creati...
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Chapter 19 is one of the beautiful favorite psalms where David does
speak about how God does reveal Himself to man in nature.
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his
handi...
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1 Samuel 14:26; Job 23:12; Job 28:15; Proverbs 16:16; Proverbs 24: