Psalms 19:5
Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
In Context
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:5The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
Isaiah 62:5For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
1 Corinthians 9:24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 19:2-7
God's Glory Seen in the Creation. 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handywork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line 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, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the… Read the whole commentary →