Psalm 19

Psalm 19 is the 19th psalm in the Book of Psalms (the 18th in the Septuagint numbering). It is ascribed to David . The psalm consider the glory of God in creation, and moves to reflect on the character and use of the Torah . A comparison is made between the Torah and the sun, which lends a degree of unity to the psalm. Lewis suggests that in verse 7, the Psalmist starts talking about something else, "which hardly seems to him like something else because it is so like the all-piercing, all-detecting sunshine." Like the sun, the Torah is able to uncover hidden faults, and nothing can hide from it. As the Psalmist meditates on the excellencies of the Torah, he feels that his sins have been laid open before God's Word, and asks for forgiveness and help.

Psalm 19 is the 19th psalm in the Book of Psalms , known in English by its first verse, in the King James Version , "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." In the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible, and in the Latin Vulgate , this psalm is Psalm 18 in a slightly different numbering system. The Latin version begins " Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei ". The psalm is attributed to David . The psalm considers the glory of God in creation, and moves to reflect on the character and use of " the law of the L ORD ". It is a regular part of Jewish , Catholic , Anglican , Orthodox Church and Protestant liturgies. It has been set to music often, notably by Heinrich Schütz , by Johann Sebastian Bach who began a cantata with its beginning, by Joseph Haydn , who based a movement from Die Schöpfung on the psalm, and by Beethoven who set a paraphrase by Gellert in " Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre ".

Biblical psalm This article is about Psalm 19 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. Psalm 19 is the 19th psalm in the Book of Psalms , beginning in English in the King James Version : "The heavens declare the almighty of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 18 . The Latin version begins " Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei ". The psalm is attributed to David . The psalm considers the glory of God in creation, and moves to reflect on the character and use of " the law of the L ORD ". Psalm 1 , this psalm and Psalm 119 have been referred to as "the psalms of the Law". It forms a regular part of Jewish , Catholic , Anglican , Eastern Orthodox Church and Protestant liturgies. It has often been set to music, notably by Heinrich Schütz , by Johann Sebastian Bach who began a cantata with its beginning, by Joseph Haydn , who based a movement from Die Schöpfung on the psalm, and by Beethoven , who set a paraphrase by Gellert in " Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre ".

Biblical psalm This article is about Psalm 19 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. Psalm 19 is the 19th psalm in the Book of Psalms , beginning in English in the King James Version : "The heavens declare the almighty of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 18 . The Latin version begins " Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei ". The psalm is attributed to David . The psalm considers the glory of God in creation, and moves to reflect on the character and use of " the law of the L ORD ". Psalm 1 , this psalm and Psalm 119 have been referred to as "the psalms of the Law". It forms a regular part of Jewish , Catholic , Anglican , Eastern Orthodox Church and Protestant liturgies. It has often been set to music, notably by Heinrich Schütz , by Johann Sebastian Bach who began a cantata with its beginning, by Joseph Haydn , who based a movement from Die Schöpfung on the psalm, and by Beethoven , who set a paraphrase by Gellert in " Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre ". Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville wrote a grand motet Caeli enarrant in 1750 and François Giroust in 1791.