Psalm 19 Interpretive

As one looks around, everything in this earth loudly exclaims the existence of God. From the skies to the sea, from the north to the south, and from the east to the west; it all shows His intricate workmanship. Man does his best to understand and even sometimes replace God through scientific endeavors. There is so much about His creation that man will never know, even languages that don't have a name yet. Our need to know got out of control causing God to put law into place to establish a social norm of acceptable behavior to keep society protected and in order. The law represented His wisdom which is our protection and guide. A light unto our feet that keeps us from falling, as Psalm 119:105 describes. It was also established to show man how impossible it is to be perfect and how much we need God. Following the law created a type of perfection or standard of righteousness, as much as could be obtained by man in his own power. It was a way to bridge the gap between God and man...to free him, in essence, because Christ was not yet on the scene. The statutes (laws as well) were put in place to witness (sort of a contract by God) that when the law is followed, God will in turn do for man, causing people of lower classes to be wise...to sit among princes (Psalm 113:8). The psalmist understood all this and desired from deep within to follow God's ways. He was pleased when he looked upon God's awesome creation, but even more so, he longed to in turn be just as pleasing in the eyes of God.

Take a look around, the color, splendor, decor of the skies

To say there is no God; what's left but to die

God's work, perfection, flawless protection, that no man can deny

What man can understand what God has planned

Knowledge? I laugh at your futile attempt to college

Racing fast, trying to understand the past

While the stars in the sky sing through the night

Don't ask...don't tell, study your way into hell

Man is a god? What don't you understand?

Your attempt to know is so far below

Relax...take a breath.

Byzantine, Habe, Landa, telugu

Some of the dialects in which you may not have a clue

And yet the heavens have heard them all

Limitless, endless, infinite sound pouring out from the sea to ground

He contained the light and makes it obey

It gives us sustenance throughout the day

Conscious, confident, adorned in light

Stepping out from its rest and erasing the night

As a new day begins what is necessary to find

Just a touch of peace to our daily grind

Take the new day on with style and grace

Fight the good fight and finish the race

Stunning smile of warmth coming from the east

Setting in the west, we're blind to the rest

For it makes a full circle and rises again

While we slept it touched the earth from end to end

From sin to God, He had to make way

From death to life, man had to obey

Structure, discipline, rules so profound

It had to be right, for God is sound

In this is a witness between God and man

To trust Him for His word is true,

He'll never fail to care for you

Even regarding the lowest class

He makes them wise and the wise an ass

To follow the law was not just a show

It produced good results so that man might know

The promise of mercy that wouldn't depart

A gift of eternal gladness of heart

His commandments are brilliant, from one to ten

Transparent, definite, and simple for all men

Opening the eyes and causing to see

The promises of God will never cease

Untainted holiness, steadfast and true

His ways were set for reasons few knew

However,

There was never a time He didn't come through

We don't seem to understand

Because we are driven by demand

Status this day is what we adore

Selling ourselves to keep the score

To follow His ways, how invaluable I'm told

How precious, exquisite, and sweet to behold.

They keep us true, and safe from harms way

In our mindless hustle it can guide through the day

Failing to hold fast to instruction with keeping power

Forget not the benefits He provides by the hour

We can't even fathom the mistakes that we've made

Yet I hide in the shame and cower in the shade

Things I forgot in my conscious and sub

Things that await His cleansing blood

Willful sin in which I dive in

Unconscious, moronic, brainless and vague

To them, please keep me from being enslaved

Blameless, pure, righteous, set free

Innocent of all in which I'm really guilty

My desire is to speak only that which You have brought

Sanctify my words, my actions, my thoughts

Christ is the only one who redeems

The one and only that can make me clean.