07/18/2024 – Day 046 – Psalm – Chapters 18 – 20 / 19: 4-6 – Did y’all know that “the sun is in fact moving through space at approximately 600,000 miles per hour”? And it has a circuit just as the Bible says, taking 200 million years to complete one orbit.
Previous cycle posts on this day: 07/16/20 – Praying Psalm 18 daily – ” David’s Hymn of Thanksgiving” / 04/14/2022 – John Gill’s commentary on 19:9: “The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.”
Let’s take a look at the Chapter Summaries for each chapter in Haley’s Bible Handbook:
“Psalm 18. David’s Hymn of Thanksgiving
On his accession to the Throne, with the Kingdom firmly established in his hands, after years of flight from Saul. Repeated in 2 Samuel 22. He attributed it all to God, his Strength, Rock, Fortress, Deliverer, Stay, Refuge, Shield, Horn, High Tower, One of the best Psalms
Head of the Nations (43 – 45), true of David only in a partial sense, a look forward beyond the time of David to the Throne of David’s Greater Son.”
“Psalm 19. Nature and the Word
Wonder and Glory of Creation, and Perfection and Power of God’s Word. Spurgeon called it, World Book and Word Book. The God of Nature made known to man through God’s Written Word. Thoughts about God’s Word are greatly expanded in Psalm 119. One of the best Psalms. And its closing Prayer (13,14), is one of the best Prayers in the Whole Bible. God’s Word is Perfect, Sure, True, Gives Joy and is Sweeter than Honey.”
“Psalm 20. A Song of Trust
Seems like a Battle Hymn, sung in setting up their banners, with Prayer for Victory, as David entered battle, Trusting, not in chariots and horses (7), but in the Lord.”
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Let’s look again at 19: 4 – 6:
“Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoices like a strong man to run its race. Its rising is from one end of heaven, And its circuit to the other end; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.”
Check out the Evidence Study Bible – NKJV footnote for these verses! I wasn’t even aware of this…:
“19: 4-6. Scientific facts in the Bible
In speaking of the sun, the psalmist says that ‘its rising is from one end of heaven, and its circuit to the other end.’ For many years critics scoffed at these verses, claiming that they taught the old false doctrine of egocentricity (i.e., the sun revolves around the earth). Scientists thought the sun was stationary. Then it was discovered in recent years that the sun is in the fact moving through space of approximately 600,000 miles per hour. It is traveling through the heavens and has a ‘circuit’ just as the Bible says. Its circuit is so large that it would take approximately 200 million years to complete one orbit.
Soli Deo Gloria!