Psalm 19:5
“Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 19Meaning
The sun is compared to a bridegroom leaving his chamber and a strong runner rejoicing in the course; this is personification, not cosmology that requires the sun literally to move around the earth.
Creation’s wordless yet worldwide witness
Verses 1–6 portray the heavens, day and night, and especially the sun as an ordered, pervasive witness to God’s glory through sustained poetic personification.
Read carefully
The sun is compared to a bridegroom leaving his chamber and a strong runner rejoicing in the course; this is personification, not cosmology that requires the sun literally to move around the earth. Keep the verse inside its literary unit.
Reflection
Read this verse within Psalm 19’s movement from creation’s witness to the LORD’s instruction and finally to self-examination and prayer. Receive its wisdom without turning poetic language into scientific proof, legalism, spiritual superiority, or a promise of moral perfection.