Psalm 19 is one of the best known and beloved of the Psalms. It is preserved in one of the musical world’s great choral anthems, Haydn’s “The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God.” The Psalm has a twist on how we ordinarily think of creation inspiring in us our belief in God. It is not that the writer of the Psalm sees something in nature, but that all of creation is preaching to us: the heavens are telling God’s praise and are doing so everywhere in all creation, and in every kind of language there is on earth. The writer of the Psalm wants to be connected to the loving power behind and within the height and breadth of all that is, and at the depths of the most secret of human thoughts. He is connected to a deeper source of truth and righteousness than he could possibly live out by his own moral and ethical strength. He is connected to the Lord, who is Rock and Redeemer of all, and maker of the law which keeps the entire universe running. So the law is to be desired more than “much fine gold.”
May this awesome God touch your heart this day. May you find your way in concert with heaven’s song. May your path be lightened and your spirits lifted by the word of freedom and joy that lay beneath and soars above every other word.
May this awesome God touch your heart this day. May you find your way in concert with heaven’s song. May your path be lightened and your spirits lifted by the word of freedom and joy that lay beneath and soars above every other word.
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