The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.
The heavens are the first and most glorious page of nature's book; without them the rest would be dark and undiscerned. Every moment the celestial heralds declare God's existence, power, wisdom, and goodness from above, and in them we read divine sublimity, infinity, wisdom, and fidelity.
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David sets before us two mirrors of God's glory: first the heavens themselves with their exquisite order, then the Law in which God made Himself known to His chosen people. From this he moves to praise the Law at length before closing with prayer.
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Commenting on Psalm 19:1-14
The heavens may mean the Gospel churches or the apostles and first preachers, who declare the glory of divine perfections, grace, goodness, mercy, displayed in Christ's redemption, not discoverable by nature or the Law alone, and who teach men to ascribe all salvation to God.
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