The sun rises at one end of the heavens and follows its course to the other end. Nothing can hide from its heat.
Parallel translations
- WEB His going out is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends; There is nothing hidden from its heat.
- KJV His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
- BSB it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.
- NKJV Its rising is from one end of heaven, And its circuit to the other end; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
- NASB Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
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Quick answer
The sun travels the whole sky, and nothing escapes its heat. Its reach is comprehensive, touching all things.
Overview
The sun's circuit from horizon to horizon, warming everything beneath it, illustrates the all-encompassing scope of creation's witness. Nothing in the natural world lies hidden from its influence. This completes the first half of the psalm: God's glory in creation is inescapable, setting up the turn to his clearer revelation in Scripture.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Eccl 1:5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
- Job 22:14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
- Col 1:23if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
- Job 25:3Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?
- Ps 113:3From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Yahweh’s name is to be praised.
- Ps 139:9If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
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