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Psalms 19:5
5It is like a bridegroom coming from his home; it rejoices like an athlete running a course.
Psalms 19:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
- New International Version (NIV)It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
- English Standard Version (ESV)which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoices like a strong man to run its race.
Context of Psalms 19:5
3There is no speech; there are no words; their voice is not heard. 4Their message has gone out to the whole earth, and their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun. It is like a bridegroom coming from his home; it rejoices like an athlete running a course. 6It rises from one end of the heavens and circles to their other end; nothing is hidden from its heat. 7The instruction of the Lord is perfect, renewing one’s life; the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.
Read all of Psalms 19Psalms 19:5 word by word
וְה֗וּא כְּ֭חָתָן יֹצֵ֣א מֵחֻפָּת֑וֹ יָשִׂ֥ישׂ כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר לָר֥וּץ אֹֽרַח׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 19:5
- Isaiah 61:10I rejoice greatly in the Lord, I exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a groom wears a turban and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Isaiah 62:5For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a groom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- John 3:29He who has the bride is the groom. But the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly at the groom’s voice. So this joy of mine is complete.
- Ecclesiastes 1:5The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it hurries back to the place where it rises.
- 1 Corinthians 9:24Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.
- Philippians 3:13Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
Commentaries on Psalms 19:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Which is as a bridegroom, etc. - This is a reference to the rising of the sun, as the following verse is to the setting. He makes his appearance above the horizon with splendor and majesty; every creature seems to rejoice at his approach; and during the whole of his course, through his whole circuit, his apparent revolution from east to west, and from one tropic to the same again, no part of the earth is deprived of its proper proportion of light and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber - That is, when he rises in the morning. He rises from the darkness of the night, and comes forth as the bridegroom comes out of the chamber where he has slept. The allusion is to the bright, and joyful, and cheerful aspect of the rising sun. The image of the bridegroom is employed because we associate with a bridegroom the idea of hilarity, cheerfulness, joy. The essential image is that the sun seems to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-14God's wisdom is clearly shown in many places: It appears in the heavens (Psalm 19:1–4), in nature (Psalm 19:4–6), in his teachings (Psalm 19:7–11), and in the life of the psalmist (Psalm 19:12–14) Like Psalm 8, this hymn uses creation to lead people to reflect on God. It offers a calm moment after the intense prayers and victory songs in earlier psalms. The psalm begins with creation as a source of wisdom. It then moves to God’s word as the perfect source…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. The sun, as the most glorious heavenly body, is specially used to illustrate the sentiment; and his vigorous, cheerful, daily, and extensive course, and his reviving heat (including light), well display the wondrous wisdom of his Maker.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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