Psalm 19:1 (BSB)
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
From Psalms 19. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Psalm 19:1
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 19:1-14: PSALM 19 To the chief musician. A song of David. David, with the view of encouraging the faithful to contemplate the glory of God, sets before them in the first place, a mirror of it in the fabric of the heavens, and in the exquisite order of their workmanship which we behold; and in the second place, he recalls our thoughts to the Law, in...
- C.H. Spurgeon (Reformed Baptist), The Treasury of David on Psalm 19:1: "The heavens declare the glory of God." The book of nature has three leaves, heaven, earth, and sea, of which heaven is the first and the most glorious, and by its aid we are able to see the beauties of the other two.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 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.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 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...