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Psalm 19:4
Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
2Day after day they pour out speech, and night after night they display knowledge.
4Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
5which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.
6His going out is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends. There is nothing hidden from its heat.
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The sun’s tent makes the vast sky feel like a place God has furnished, while its voice reaches beyond every familiar border.
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Romans 10:18But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”Romans quotes the psalm’s words about sound reaching all the earth to answer a question about whether people have heard.
Genesis 1:14–18God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;Both describe God giving the heavenly lights their place or purpose: a tent for the sun and lights that mark time.
Joshua 10:13The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn’t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in …Both describe the sun in the sky, though Joshua recounts its halted movement and the psalm pictures its dwelling.
Job 38:5Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?Both use the language of construction for creation: a tent set for the sun and measures determined for the earth.
Joshua 10:12Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel. He said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand …The shared subject is the sun: the psalm describes its tent, while Joshua commands it to stand still over Gibeon.
Psalm 98:3He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.Both extend their scope to the earth’s ends, describing the reach of the heavens’ voice and the sight of God’s salvation.
Psalm 104:2He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.Both picture God shaping the heavens with familiar fabric imagery: a tent for the sun and heavens stretched like a curtain.
Malachi 4:2But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out and leap like calves of the stall.Both use the sun in their poetry, though Malachi speaks of righteousness and healing while the psalm describes its appointed dwelling.
2 Corinthians 10:13–16But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.The connection is limited to God-appointed space: the sun’s tent in the psalm and the boundaries of Paul’s work in Corinthians.
Isaiah 49:6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also …Both speak of reaching the end of the earth, with the heavens’ words in the psalm and God’s salvation in Isaiah.
Hosea 6:3Let’s acknowledge the LORD. Let’s press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, the LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the …Both draw attention to the sun, though Hosea compares its sure rising to the LORD’s appearing and the psalm describes its tent.
Psalm 20:5We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May the LORD grant all your requests.The connection is broad: both speak of God’s action, though one describes the sun’s dwelling and the other seeks answered requests.
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Your view of the sky is small; the reach described here spans the earth. Even the sun has its dwelling set by God.
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