Comment – The psalmist who wrote Psalm 19 expresses his thought in a reflection of praise to God, aware of his greatness and power for having created the beauty of the starry skies.
Psalm 19 complete
[1] To the choir master. Psalm. Di Davide.
[2] The heavens narrate the glory of God, and the work of his hands heralds the firmament.
[3] Day by day he entrusts the message and night by night he transmits the news.
[4] It is not language and they are not words, the sound of which is not heard.
[5] Throughout the earth their voice spreads and their word spreads to the ends of the world.
[6] There he set up a tent for the sun which comes out of the bridal chamber as a bridegroom, exults as a brave man who walks the road.
[7] He rises from one extreme of the sky and his race reaches the other extreme: nothing escapes his heat.
[8] The law of the Lord is perfect, it refreshes the soul; the testimony of the Lord is true, it makes the simple wise.
[9] The orders of the Lord are righteous, they make the heart rejoice; the commands of the Lord are clear, they give light to the eyes.
[10] The fear of the Lord is pure, it always lasts; the judgments of the Lord are all faithful and just,
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[11] more precious than gold, much fine gold, sweeter than honey and a dripping honeycomb.
[12] Your servant is also educated in them, for those who observe them the profit is great.
[13] Who discerns the inadvertences? Relieve me of the faults I don't see.
[14] Also from pride save your servant so that he has no power over me; then I will be irreproachable, I will be pure from the great sin.
[15] May the words of my mouth please you, the thoughts of my heart before you. Lord, my cliff and my redeemer.
