Gen 1:14-16, 8:22, Deu 4:19, Psa 8:1-3, 19:1-6, 89:36-37, 136:7-9 | TSK | STEP | Let there. lights.Or, rather, luminaries or light-bearers; being a different world from that rendered light, in ver. 3, the day from the night. between the day and between the night. and let.

Genesis 1:14-16

Let there.

De 4:19; Job 25:3,5; 38:12-14; Ps 8:3,4; 19:1-6; 74:16,17; 104:19,20

Ps 119:91; 136:7-9; 148:3,6; Isa 40:26; Jer 31:35; 33:20,25

lights.Or, rather, luminaries or light-bearers; being a different world from that rendered light, in ver. 3, the day from the night.

between the day and between the night. and let.

8:22; 9:13; Job 3:9; 38:31,32; Ps 81:3; Eze 32:7,8; 46:1,6

Joe 2:10,30,31; 3:15; Am 5:8; 8:9; Mt 2:2; 16:2,3; 24:29; Mr 13:24

Lu 21:25,26; 23:45; Ac 2:19,20; Re 6:12; 8:12; 9:2

to rule. Heb. for the rule, etc.

De 4:19; Jos 10:12-14; Job 31:26; 38:7; Ps 8:3; 19:6; 74:16

Ps 136:7,8,9; 148:3,5; Isa 13:10; 24:23; 45:7; Hab 3:11; Mt 24:29

Mt 27:45; 1Co 15:41; Re 16:8,9; 21:23

he made the stars also. Or, with the stars also.

Genesis 8:22

While the earth remaineth. Heb. as yet all the days of theearth.

Isa 54:8

seed-time.Most of the European nations divide the year into four distinct parts, called quarters or seasons; but there are six divisions in the text, which obtained in Palestine among the Hebrews, and exist among the Arabs to the present day. According to this gracious promise, the heavenly bodies have preserved their courses, the seasons their successions, and the earth its increase for the use of man.

45:6; Ex 34:21; Ps 74:16,17; So 2:11,12; Isa 54:9; Jer 5:24; Jas 5:7

day.

Jer 31:35; 33:20-26

Deuteronomy 4:19

when thou.

17:3; 2Ki 23:4,5,11; Job 31:26,27; Jer 8:2; Eze 8:16; Am 5:25,26

the host.

Ge 2:1; 2Ki 17:16; 21:3; Jer 19:13; Zep 1:5; Ac 7:42; Ro 1:25

which the Lord.

Ge 1:16-18; Jos 10:12,13; Ne 9:6; Ps 74:16,17; 136:7-9; 148:3-5

Jer 31:35; 33:25; Mt 5:45

divided. or, imparted.

Psalms 8:1-3

1 God's glory is magnified by his works, and by his love to man.

(Title.) Gittith.

81:1; 84:1; *titles

our.

9; 63:1; 145:1; Isa 26:13; Mt 22:45; Joh 20:28; Php 2:11; 3:8

Re 19:6

how.

72:17-19; 113:2-4; 148:13; Ex 15:11; 34:5-7; De 28:58; So 5:16

thy.

36:5; 57:10,11; 68:4; 108:4,5; 1Ki 8:27; Hab 3:3; Eph 4:10

Php 2:9,10; Heb 7:26

Out.

Mt 11:25; 21:16; Lu 10:21; 1Co 1:27

ordained. Heb. founded. strength.

84:5-7; Isa 40:31; Am 5:9; 2Co 12:9,10

still.

4:4; 46:10; Ex 11:7; 15:16; Jos 2:9-11; 1Sa 2:9; Isa 37:20-29,36-38

Hab 2:20

the enemy.

44:16

When.

19:1; 111:2; Job 22:12; 36:24; Ro 1:20

work.

33:6; Ge 1:1; Ex 8:19; 31:18; Lu 11:20

moon.

104:19; 136:7-9; 148:3; Ge 1:16-18; De 4:19; Job 25:3,5

Psalms 19:1-6

1 The creatures shew God's glory.

7 The excellency of the divine law.

12 David prays for grace.

(Title.) A Psalm.It is uncertain when this highly finished and beautiful ode was composed; though some think it was written by David in the wilderness when persecuted by Saul.

The heavens.

8:3; 33:6; 115:16; 148:3,4; Isa 40:22-26; Jer 10:11,12; Ro 1:19,20

the firmament.{Rakeeâ,} from {rakâ,} to stretch out, the expanse, not only containing the celestial bodies, but also the air, light, rain, dews, etc., all of which display the infinite power and wisdom of their Almighty Creator.

150:1,2; Ge 1:6-8,14,15; Da 12:3

Day unto.

24:7-10; 78:3-6; 134:1-3; 148:12; Ex 15:20,21; Isa 38:19

nigh unto.

74:16; 136:8,9; Ge 1:17,18; 8:22

There.Or, "They have no speech, nor words, nor is their voice heard; yet into all the earth hath gone out their sound, and to the extremity of the world their words." The Hebrew, {kav,} rendered, line, like the Greek [phthoggos,] by which the LXX., (who are followed by St. Paul), render it, no doubt signifies the sound as well as the cord which emits it. The Vulgate, Jerome, and Symmachus, render it to the same purpose.

De 4:19

where. or, without these their voice is heard. Heb. withouttheir voice heard.

Their.

98:3; Isa 49:6; Ro 10:18; 2Co 10:13-16

line. or, rule, or, direction. In them.

Ge 1:14-18; Mal 4:2

bridegroom.

Isa 61:10; 62:5; Joh 3:29

rejoiceth.

Ec 1:5; 1Co 9:24-26; Php 3:13,14; Heb 12:1,2

His going.

139:9; Job 25:3; Ec 1:5; Col 1:23

circuit.

Job 22:14

Psalms 89:36-37

seed.

4,29; 2Sa 7:16; Isa 53:10; 59:21; Joh 12:34

and.

72:5,17; Isa 9:7; Jer 33:20; Lu 1:33

It shall.That is, as long as the sun and moon shall endure, as long as time shall last, his kingdom shall continue among men. The moon is probably termed a faithful witness, because by her, particularly, time is measured. Her decrease and increase are especially observed by every nation; and by these time is generally estimated, especially among eastern nations:--So many moons is a man old--so many moons since such an event happened; and even their years are reckoned by lunations. Or, the rainbow may be intended; that faithful sign which God has established in the clouds, that the earth shall no more be destroyed by water.

ever.

72:7; 104:19; Ge 1:14-18; Jer 31:35,36

and as.

Ge 9:13-16; Isa 54:9,10

Psalms 136:7-9

74:16,17; 104:19; Ge 1:14-19; De 4:19

The sun.

148:3; Jer 31:35; Mt 5:45

to rule. Heb. for the rulings.

The moon and stars.The sun is the monarch of day, the state of light; the moon of the night, the state of darkness. The rays of the sun falling on the atmosphere, are refracted and diffused over the whole of the hemisphere of the earth immediately under his orb; while those rays of that vast luminary which, because of the earth's smallness in comparison with the sun, are diffused on all sides beyond the earth, falling on the opaque disc of the moon, are reflected back on the lower hemisphere, or the part of the earth opposite the sun. But the reflected light being 50,000 times less in intensity than that of the sun, there is a sufficient distinction between day and night, though each is ruled and determined by one of these two great lights.

8:3; 89:36,37; Job 31:26