Psalms 19:5

it comes out like a bridegroom from his bridal chamber, it joyfully runs its course like a hero.

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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

4But through all the world their voice carries their words to the ends of the earth. He has pitched a tent for the sun in the sky,

6From one end of the heavens it rises, and around it runs to the other, and nothing hides from its heat.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 9:24Don’t you know that on a racecourse, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

Hebrews 12:1Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before 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 →

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