Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoices like a strong man to run its race.
Parallel translations
- WEB which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.
- KJV Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
- BSB Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,
- NASB Which is like a groom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices like a strong person to run his course.
- NLT It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom after his wedding. It rejoices like a great athlete eager to run the race.
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Quick answer
The sun rises like a joyful bridegroom and runs its course like a strong athlete. Its daily journey radiates exuberant, God-given vigor.
Overview
David personifies the sun with two images of vitality: a bridegroom emerging in splendor and a champion eager to run. The picture celebrates the energy and beauty God built into creation. The sun's faithful daily course displays the order and goodness of the Creator who appointed it.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 62:5For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- Phil 3:13–14Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
- 1 Cor 9:24–26Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
- Isa 61:10I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Heb 12:1–2Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
- Eccl 1:5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
- John 3:29He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.
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