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Psalm 19
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• Reading the Text
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV, Common Worship Psalter, ASB Psalter, and BCP Psalter) at Oremus Bible Browser.
  • Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
  • The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
  • The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
  • The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Chapter XXVII of The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Clement of Rome (ca. 96). 
  • Chapter XL, Chapter LIV, The First Apology of Justin Martyr. (c 150) 
  • Chapter XXX, Chapter XLII, Chapter LXIV, Chapter LXIX, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160) 
  • I.XIV.8, IV.XXXIII.13, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180) 
  • Chapter V, Chapter VII, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198) 
  • Chapter XI, Exhortation to the Greeks, Clement of Alexandria (c 200) 
  • I.6, II.8, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200) 
  • V.10, VI.16, VII.12, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200) 
  • III.22, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 209) 
  • IV.1, IV.11, IV.17, IV.43, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210) 
  • V.19, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212) 
  • Concerning Flight in Persecution (paragraph 6) Tertullian (c. 212) 
  • Chapter I, Scorpiace,  Tertullian (c. 213) 
  • Chapter VI, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217) 
  • V.IV, VI.XLIII, VIII.X, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225) 
  • II.20, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Origen. (c.228) 
  • I.LXII, VI.LXI, VII.XXXIV, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246) 
  • II.3, III.8, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320).
  • I.27, Against the Heathen, Athanasius of Alexandria, c. 318.
  • rom Augustine's Exposition on the Psalms.
  • Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
  • rom the Geneva Notes.
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
  • From Wesley's Notes.
  • "Secret Sins; Ps 19:12," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1857.
  • "Presumptuous Sins; Ps 1913," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1857.
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  • Take Up the Challenge, Alexander MacLaren, c. 1880.
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
  • Commentary, Psalm 19, Rebecca Poe Hays, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2019.
    • "Epiphany and the days surrounding it celebrate the “appearance” or “manifestation” (the meaning of the name’s Greek root) of God in the world."
  • Commentary, Psalm 19, Eric Mathis, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2016.
    • "We have a gift in Psalm 19. Bach, Beethoven, Handel, and Haydn expressed their delight with this Psalm through now well-known musical settings of its text.
  • The Center for Excellence in Preaching, Leonard Vander Zee, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, illustration ideas, 2018.
    • "Like Psalm 23, 103, and 145, Psalm 19 holds a special place in the hearts of believers as one of the most beloved of the Psalms."
  • A Plain Acount, Wesleyan Commentary, Roland Tedder, 2018.
    • "This week, may you guide your people to venture outside to see for themselves how creation is worshipping God."
  • Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2018.
  • Center for Excellence in Preaching, Doug Bratt, commentary, textual notes, illustrations, 2016.
  • Commentary, Psalm 19:7-14, James K. Mead, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
  • Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2015.
  • The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 19, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2018.
  • "Song of the Stars," meditations on the Psalms by Sylvia Purdie, 2015.
  • Commentary, Psalm 19, James Limburg, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
    • "Considering Psalm 19 as a whole indicates that it deals with essential themes of biblical faith."
  • The Center for Excellence in Preaching, Doug Bratt, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, illustration ideas, 2015.
    • "We need God's gracious forgiveness for sins of which we're both aware and unaware. We also need the Holy Spirit to equip us to respond to God's grace with thankful obedience."
  • "Non-Virtual Faith," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2015.
    • "The directions for living we find in the commandments are intended to be put into practice in real life to make that life more whole, more peaceful, more joyful. When we live this way, we are allowing the life and love of God to flow through us, healing the broken and wounded world around us."
  • Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2015.
  • The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 19, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2015.
  • Commentary, Psalm 19, James Howell, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
    • "The heavens are telling God's glory, and so can we, as our words and thoughts are pleasing to God."
  • "Glory," Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking.
  • The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 19, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2015.
  • Commentary, Psalm 19, Rolf Jacobson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
    • "The psalmist knows that no one 'can detect their [own] errors.' Therefore the psalmist prays, 'Clear me from hidden faults'."
  • A Different Heresy, Peter Lockhart, 2012.
  • Commentary, Psalm 19, Matthew Stith, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
    • "Psalm 19 offers plenty of useful avenues of engagement..."
  • The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 19, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2012.
  • Psalms to God's Glory, A reflection and original prayer by Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia.
  • Creation Praise, A worship resource compiled by Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia.
  • "The Heavens Are Telling," Melissa Bane Sevier, Contemplative Viewfinder, 2012.
  • Commentary, Psalm 19, Shauna Hannan, at WorkingPreacher.org, Luther Seminary, 2010.
    • "Preaching on a text about preaching is no small task."
  • "Minding God," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2009.
    • "In the Psalms, 'keeping' the commands resembles more the way the whole of creation obeys God's will—it's simply a matter doing what we're meant to do by instinct. In the same way, the torah of God teaches us the way to live in harmony with God's will—with God's justice and mercy and love."
  • Psalm 19, Proper 3C, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • The Old Testament Readings: Psalm 19, Epiphany 3C. Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion, Psalm 19. "A place of conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
    • "Let the words of our mouths, our prayers for one another's souls, find an acceptability and purity of our best intentions."
  • Commentary, Psalm 19:7-14, Pentecost 17B, Fred Gaiser, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
    • "Hearing the voice of God in creation, hearing the voice of God's law that gives us life, we can join the voice of the psalmist in the psalm's final section, appreciating the law's warning and its intention of keeping us from falling into transgression, praying at last that our words, our voice, be acceptable to God."
  • Psalm 19, Proper 24B, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • Psalm 19, Pentecost 15B, Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
    • "In Christian terms the wisdom we might speak about involves a life commitment of discipleship, of owning the way of Jesus as a way of suffering with and for the world. That way is the wisdom of God by which all other wisdom, worldly or that of faith must be assessed."
  • Commentary, Psalm 19 (Lent 3B), James K. Mead, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
    • "Preaching on a text about preaching is no small task."
  • Psalm 19, Lent 3B, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • Psalm 19, Lent 3B, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
    • "C.S.Lewis has said of Psalm 19 'I take this to be the greatest poem in the Psalter and one of the greatest lyrics in the world.'"
  • "Two Languages," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Moral Landscape of Creation," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2001.
  • "God's In Control," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
  • "Psalm 19," by Hampton Keathley IV at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
    • "We can learn truth outside of Scripture through the observation of God’ creation. But we must check it against Scripture."
  • Psalm 19, Proper 27A, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
• Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
  • Clines, D.J.A., "The Tree of Knowledge and the Law of Yahweh (Psalm 19)," Vetus Testamentum, 1974.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Eddleman, H. Leo, "Word Pictures of the Word: An Exposition of Psalm 19," Review and Expositor, 1952.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Harrisville, Roy A., "Paul and the Psalms: A Formal Study," Word & World, 1985.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Janzen, Rhoda, "North Dakota Sestina Ending with a Line from Psalm 19," The Christian Century, 1992. (Poem)
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Landon, Michael, "God and the Sciences: A Sermon on Psalm 19," Restoration Quarterly, 1996.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Mays, James Luther, "The Place of the Torah-Psalms in the Psalter," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1987.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Morgenstern, Julian, "Psalms 8 and 19A," Hebrew Union College Annual, 1945/46.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Spero, Shubert, "The Rav and the 'Tale Told by the Heavens," Tradition, 2008.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Wagner, J. Ross, "From the Heavens to the Heart: The Dynamics of Psalm 19 as Prayer," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
• Sermons:
• With Children:
  • "The Laws of the Lord Are Sweet," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
• Drama:
• Liturgy:
  • The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 19, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2015.
  • The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 19, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2012.
  • Responsive Liturgical Paraphrase at The Billabong by Rev Jeff Shrowder, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • Sunday 27A
    • Lent 3B
    • Sunday 24B
    • Epiphany 3C
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
  • Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
  • "Act of God," After Eden Cartoons, Dan Lietha, Answers in Genesis.
  • Psalm 19:14, Heartlight - Free Christian PowerPoint Backgrounds.
• Hymns and Music:
  • Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
  • The Seedbed Psalter, with selected tunes for singing.
  • Psalm 19, Isaac Everett, commentary and exegesis by Samir Selmanovic, The Emergent Psalter, 2009.
  • Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
  • Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Psalm 19. The Cyber Hymnal.
  • Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
  • "Heaven Declares" (Psalm 19), lyrics, midi, sheet music, mp3. Stephen J. Pearson, The Psalmistry. See Terms of Use.
  • "Heaven Waits with Eager Longing," F. Richard Garland, tune: REGENT SQUARE, Earth Day / Festival of God's Creation, Romans 8:19, Psalm 19:1, Psalm 24:1, United Methodist Church GBOD.
  • Psalm Settings by Dale A. Schoening, Metrical Psalms
    • Psalm 19 set to Aurelia (76 76 D)
    • Psalm 19:7-14 set to Aurelia (76 76 D)
  • At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
    • Softly Now the Light of Day
    • The Spacious Firmament
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