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For David, it was enough to simply say it: “true and righteous altogether.” Perhaps David assumed we would be wise and logical enough to apply it ourselves: “Therefore read it, study it, meditate on it, love it, live it.”
Apr 18, 2013 · David, moved with the greatness of God, wrote this psalm which combines beautiful poetry with profound theology and the appropriate moral response. It shows God’s general revelation in the heavens, God’s specific revelation in the Scriptures, and David’s response.
2. He takes occasion hence to pray against sin. All the discoveries of sin made to us by the law should drive us to the throne of grace, there to pray, as David does here, (1.) For mercy to pardon.
All the discoveries of sin made to us by the law should drive us to the throne of grace, there to pray, as David does here, (1.) For mercy to pardon. Finding himself unable to specify all the particulars of his transgressions, he cries out, Lord, cleanse me from my secret faults; not secret to God, so none are, nor only such as were secret to ...
Sep 10, 2018 · The closing verse of this Psalm, beloved and memorized by so many, encapsulates the Psalm’s orientation toward God. He asks that the “words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable” to God the creator and redeemer.
David, therefore, having spoken of the heavens, does not here descend from them to other parts of the world; but, from an effect more sensible and nearer our apprehension, he confirms what he has just now said, namely, that the glory of God not only shines, but also resounds in the heavens.
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Aug 12, 2018 · According to the title, David is the author of Psalm 19. The theme of the Psalm is God’s revelation of Himself to mankind. Verses 1-6 speak of God’s revelation through nature and verses 7-11 speak of God’s revelation through the Law. Verses 12-14 speak of what should be man’s response to the revelation of God.
