Other Translations of Psalm 19:4
King James Version
4 Their line line: or, rule, or, direction is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
English Standard Version
4 Their voiceOr Their measuring line goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
The Message
4 But their silence fills the earth: unspoken truth is spoken everywhere. God makes a huge dome for the sun - a superdome!
New King James Version
4 Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,
New Living Translation
4 Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world. God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 19:4
Commentary on Psalm 19:1-6
(Read Psalm 19:1-6)
The heavens so declare the glory of God, and proclaim his wisdom, power, and goodness, that all ungodly men are left without excuse. They speak themselves to be works of God's hands; for they must have a Creator who is eternal, infinitely wise, powerful, and good. The counter-changing of day and night is a great proof of the power of God, and calls us to observe, that, as in the kingdom of nature, so in that of providence, he forms the light, and creates the darkness, Isaiah 45:7, and sets the one against the other. The sun in the firmament is an emblem of the Sun of righteousness, the Bridegroom of the church, and the Light of the world, diffusing Divine light and salvation by his gospel to the nations of the earth. He delights to bless his church, which he has espoused to himself; and his course will be unwearied as that of the sun, till the whole earth is filled with his light and salvation. Let us pray for the time when he shall enlighten, cheer, and make fruitful every nation on earth, with the blessed salvation. They have no speech or language, so some read it, and yet their voice is heard. All people may hear these preachers speak in their own tongue the wonderful works of God. Let us give God the glory of all the comfort and benefit we have by the lights of heaven, still looking above and beyond them to the Sun of righteousness.