"O dread and silent mount! I gazed upon thee Some lines from Coleridge's "Hymn before Sunrise in the Yale of Chamouni not only supplies a modern example, but explains the moral, or rather spiritual process, involved. All truly great poetry partakes of this elevation-Hebrew poetry in its highest degree. The lower, the aesthetic perception of beauty, is ready at every moment to pass into the higher, the religious emotion. This is the inspiration of the bard of Israel-a religious inspiration. This constitutes the essence of the greater part of Hebrew poetry. He is looking on the freshness of the morning, and all he sees is telling of God, bringing God before him. He has an immediate apprehension, an intuition of God. Not only is his aesthetic faculty satisfied, but his spirit, his religious nature is moved. The poet is even now gazing at the sky, not philosophising on a familiar natural phenomenon, nor is he merely enjoying beauty. The heavens are recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse is declaring.Įllicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) The heavens declare.-Better, the heavens are telling. The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth the work of his hands.įor the Chief Musician. The heavens are telling the glory of God and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. The heavens declare the glory of God the sky displays his handiwork. The heavens declare the glory of God the firmament proclaims the works of his hands.įor the music director a psalm of David. The heavens recounting the glory of God, | And the expanse declaring the work of His hands.įor the leader. The heavens declare the glory of God, And the firmament showeth His handiwork
The heavens are declaring the glory of God, and their expanse shows the work of his hands.įor the Leader. How clearly the sky reveals God's glory! How plainly it shows what he has done! The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky displays what his hands have made. The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handywork. The heavens shew forth the glory of God, and the firmament declareth the work of his hands.įor the Chief Musician. The heavens keep telling the wonders of God, and the skies declare what he has done. The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands. Heaven makes heard the glory of God and the firmament shows the work of his hands.įor the end, a Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God And the firmament showeth his handiwork. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky proclaims the work of His hands.įor the Chief Musician. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands.įor the choir director. The heavens are telling of the glory of God And the expanse is declaring the work of His hands.įor the choir director. The heavens are telling of the glory of God And the expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
The heavens are telling of the glory of God And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.įor the choir director. The heavens are telling of the glory of God And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. The heavens tell of the glory of God And their expanse declares the work of His hands.įor the choir director. The heavens declare the glory of God And the firmament shows His handiwork.įor the music director. The heavens declare the glory of God the skies proclaim the work of His hands. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.įor the choirmaster. The heavens declare the glory of God the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
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