Psalms 19:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

Transliteration

To-the-mənaṣṣēaḥ mizmôr to-dāwid

Grammar Details

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: prefixed with lamed (to/for) - noun, masculine, singular, construct - choirmaster/director
• *mizmôr*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - psalm/song
• *dāwid*: prefixed with lamed (to/for) - proper noun, masculine - David

Word Meanings

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: choirmaster/conductor/director of music/chief musician
• *mizmôr*: psalm/melodious song/musical composition
• *dāwid*: David (proper name)

Referenced Verses

• Rom 1:19-20 : 19 because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, [even] his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:
• Ps 50:6 : 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. {H5542}
• Gen 1:14-15 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
• Ps 8:3 : 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
• Ps 148:3-4 : 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: Praise him, all ye stars of light. 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.
• Ps 150:1-2 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: Praise him according to his excellent greatness.
• Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
• Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
• Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
• Gen 1:6-8 : 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
• Isa 40:22-26 : 22 [ It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; 23 that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble. 25 To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
• Jer 10:11-12 : 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens. 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens: