Bible Strands
Psalms 19:4
their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist extends the declaration of the heavens and skies, which require no speech to communicate, placing this universal testimony immediately before describing the sun's daily circuit.
The words — קַוָּם (qavam) = line and תֵבֵל (tevel) = world frame the scope of the message, indicating a measured reach that spans the entire inhabited globe.
The thread — The phrase "gone out into all the earth... to the ends of the world" reappears in Romans 10:18 and echoes the universal scope of Genesis 1:14 and Psalms 98:3.
Why it lands — The text asserts that creation's testimony is already universally distributed, requiring the reader to acknowledge that divine revelation precedes human proclamation or geographical limitation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Cross-references
- Romans 10:18 But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
- Genesis 1:14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- Psalms 98:3 He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Psalms 104:2 He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
- Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- 2 Corinthians 10:13 We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
- Isaiah 49:6 He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”