Psalm 19

Psalm 19
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• 19 TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM OF DAVID.
• 1 i The heavens declare the glory of God,
• and the sky above1 proclaims his handiwork. No doubt this psalm of David was inspired when, as a shepherd in Bethlehem, he looked up at the skies overhead & heard the silent sermon of the stars. Psalm 19 tells us that the reality of God can be understood in two ways: through God's creation & through His commandments.
• 2 Day to day pours out speech,
• and night to night reveals knowledge.
• 3 There is no speech, nor are there words,
• whose voice is not heard.
• 4 j Their kmeasuring line2 goes out through all the earth,
• and their words to the end of the world. Every culture, every people, every situation has a missionary, for the heavens declare the glory of God, the greatness of the Creator.
• In them he has set a tent for lthe sun,
• 5 m which comes out like na bridegroom leaving his chamber,
• and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
• 6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
• and its circuit to the end of them,
• and there is nothing hidden from its heat. After talking about the glories seen in nature, Dave talks about the supernatural revelation seen in the Word.
• 7 o The law of the LORD is perfect,3
• p reviving the soul; (Converting=KJV) The Law of the Lord is perfect---but I'm not. I need to be converted. I need to be saved. THe Law is a schoolmaster, Paul would say, to show us our sinful condition & that we're in need of salvation(Gal. 3;24-25).
• q the testimony of the LORD is rsure,
• s making wise tthe simple; The Word of God is never out of date. There are no changes, no addenda to His plan.
• 8 u the precepts of the LORD are right,
• rejoicing the heart;
• the commandment of the LORD is vpure,
• w enlightening the eyes;
• 9 the fear of the LORD is clean,
• enduring forever;
• the rules of the LORD are xtrue,
• and righteous altogether. The brass laver in the tabernacle was made from the looding glasses women brought out of Egypt. Thus, the laver revealed the priest's need to be cleansed s they looked in. But it also brought about the cleansing as they dipped their hands therein. That's what the Word does. It reveals my sin, but it also removes sin as it shows me the blood that was shed & the way I am to walk as I depend on God. How shall a young man...We are washed, Paul declares, by the water of the word/Eph. 5;26. Now you are clean, Jesus said, through the Word---the testimony, the statutes, the commandment, the judgments---I have spoken unto you/John 15;3.
• 10 More to be desired are they than ygold,
• even much zfine gold;
• a sweeter also than honey
• and drippings of bthe honeycomb.
• 11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
• c in keeping them there is great reward. It's not in hearing or in knowing the judgments of the Lord that there is great reward. It's in keeping them that there's great reward.
• 12 d Who can discern his errors?
• e Declare me innocent from fhidden faults.
• 13 g Keep back your servant also from hpresumptuous sins;
• let them not have idominion over me!
• Then I shall be blameless,
• and innocent of great transgression. Lord show me my faults David prays. Don't let me get away w/ either deliberate sins or secret sins.
• 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
• be acceptable in your sight,
• O LORD, my jrock and my kredeemer. Cause my meditation in Your Word and my meditation about You to be acceptable in Your sight in order that I might have fellowship & intimacy w/ You. Oh, that this prayer of David would be ours.