Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 19:7
The (f) law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.
(f) Though the creatures cannot serve, yet this should be sufficient to lead us to him.
The (f) law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.
(f) Though the creatures cannot serve, yet this should be sufficient to lead us to him.
Verse Psalms 19:7. _THE LAW OF THE LORD_] And here are _two_ books of Divine Revelation: 1. The _visible_ HEAVENS, and the _works of creation_ in general. 2. The BIBLE, or Divinely inspired writings...
THE LAW OF THE LORD - Margin, doctrine. The word used here - תורה _tôrâh_ - is that which is commonly employed in the Old Testament with reference to the law of God, and is usually rendered “law.” T...
Psalms 19 Christ in Creation and in Revelation __ 1 In creation (Psalms 19:1) 2. In revelation (Psalms 19:7) Psalms 19:1
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...
LAW. Note the synthetic parallelism of the second half of this Psalm, which compares the written words in the Scripture with the words written in the heavens, and preserved in the names of the signs o...
_The law of the Lord_ Instruction, teaching, doctrine, are the ideas connected with the word _torah_, rendered _law_. See on Psalms 1:2. Like Jehovah's work (Deuteronomy 32:4), and His way (Psalms 18:...
Yet more wonderful than this declaration of God's glory, more beneficent than the sun's life-giving light and heat, is Jehovah's revelation of His will, which quickens and educates man's moral nature....
DISCOURSE: 520 EXCELLENCY OF GOD’S WORD Psalms 19:7. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple: the statutes of the Lord are right,...
THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT, CONVERTING THE SOUL— {_Restoring_ / _Refreshing_} _the soul._ The connection seems to be this: From the mighty scene and prospect of nature in the former verses, the Ps...
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...
_THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT, CONVERTING THE SOUL: THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD IS SURE, MAKING WISE THE SIMPLE._ The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. How is this to be reconciled wit...
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...
CONVERTING] RV 'restoring.'...
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...
THE LAW. — The ear catches even in the English the change of rhythm, which is as marked as the change of subject. Instead of the free lyric movement of the preceding verse, we come suddenly upon the m...
_[Psalms 19:8]_ תֹּ֘ורַ֤ת יְהוָ֣ה תְּ֭מִימָה מְשִׁ֣יבַת נָ֑פֶשׁ...
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...
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...
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...
Hath saved. The prophets speak of future events as past. (Berthier) --- The people were convinced of God's protection, (Calmet) and anticipated what they would say at their triumphant return. --- Anoi...
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...
Psalms 19 _ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
7._The law of the Lord. _Here the second part of the psalm commences. After having shown that the creatures, although they do not speak, nevertheless serve as instructors to all mankind, and teach all...
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...
THE LAW OF THE LORD [IS] PERFECT,.... By which is meant, not the law of Moses, or the ten commandments, but the "doctrine" of the Lord; as the word תורה, "torah", signifies, even the whole word of God...
The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple. Ver. 7. _The law of the Lord is perfect_] Or, doctrine; the whole word of God, comm...
_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...
The Law of the Lord, Holy Writ, the Word of the Lord, IS PERFECT, CONVERTING THE SOUL, restoring it to its fullness, to the strength it ought to have; THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD IS SURE, trustworthy, d...
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...
LAW: Or, doctrine CONVERTING: Or, restoring...
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....
THE LAW OF THE LORD, i.e. the doctrine delivered by God to his church, whether by Moses or by other prophets, and holy men of God after him; for the title of _law_ is given not only to the ten command...
Psalms 19:7 law H8451 LORD H3068 perfect H8549 converting H7725 (H8688) soul H5315 testimony H5715 LORD H3068 sure...
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...
Psalms 19:7 There are here six different names by which the law of Jehovah is called, and six different statements regarding it, corresponding to these different names. I. "The law of the Lord is pe...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_The law of the Lord is perfect._ THE BEST BOOK I would not have you forget the true and proper mission of the Bible,--to reveal saving truth. But it is well to remember that, even as a classic, no b...
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....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 19:7 REVIVING THE SOUL. That is, giving refreshment. SURE. Trustworthy. SIMPLE. See Introduction to Proverbs: Reading Proverbs.
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...
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...
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...
1 John 5:9; 2 Samuel 23:5; 2 Timothy 1:8; 2 Timothy 2:19; 2 Timo
The law — The doctrine delivered to his church, whether by Moses, or by other prophets. Having discoursed hitherto of the glory of God shining forth in, the visible heavens, he now proceeds to another...