Psalm 19:1 (WEB)
The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
Fathers and councils · 34
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.61Book VI
“…that they are spoken in an improper and figurative sense, so that we may translate the following expressions, “And the firmament showeth forth His handywork,” and “the heavens are the work of Thy hands,” and any other similar phrases, in a figurative manner, so far as respects the “hands” and “limbs” of Deity, where…” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. xix. 1.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“For this reason, too, David said: “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise;” and again: “The heavens declare the glory of God.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…confessing in their own selves their Framer: as David says in the Psalms, ‘The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth His handy work;’ and as Zorobabel the wise says, ‘All the earth calleth upon the Truth, and the heaven blesseth it: all works shake and tremble at it.’” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
Read the whole comment“…of the knowledge of the Father, may also hear the words, ‘Blessed are the undefiled in the Way,’ and ‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.’” — editor's note: Ps. cxix. 1; Matt. v. 8.
Read the whole comment“For the wisdom in the world is not creative, but is that which is created in the works, according to which ‘the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth His handywork.’” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
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John Damascene
“…wont to say, the city was gathered together, when we do not mean the buildings, but the inhabitants of the city: again, the heavens declare the glory of God, does not mean that they send forth a voice that can be heard by bodily ears, but that from their own greatness they bring before our minds the power of the…” — editor's note: Ibid. xix. 1.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge;” and after saying that the heavens and the firmament declare, and that day and that night showeth knowledge and speech, he adds to what he has said, that “there is neither speech nor language, and that their voices are not heard.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1–3 (LXX.).
Read the whole comment“The one has heard those heavenly announcements, by which, in the words of the Prophet, “the glory of God is declared,” and, travelling through creation, has been led to the apprehension of a Master of the creation; he has taken the true Wisdom for his teacher, that Wisdom…” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
Read the whole comment“The heavens are telling the glory of God, and yet they are counted poor heralds of His worth; because His Majesty is exalted, not as far as the heavens, but high above those heavens, which are themselves included within a small fraction of the Deity called figuratively His “span.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
“(Ps. 19:1.)” — the author cites it
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Justin Martyr
“In the sun has he set his habitation; and he, like a bridegroom going forth from his chamber, will rejoice as a giant to run his race: from the highest heaven is his going forth, and he returns to the highest heaven, and there is not one who shall be hidden from his heat.’ ”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1–6.
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Ambrose of Milan
“What are those heavens, but even the heavens whereof the prophet sayeth that “the heavens declare the glory of God”?” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
Read the whole comment““The heavens,” it is said, “declare the glory of God.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. [xviii.] 1.
Read the whole comment“Let Him therefore stand in your midst, that the heavens, which declare the glory of God, may be opened to you, that you may do His will, and work His works.” — editor's note: Ps. xix. [xviii.] 1.
Read the whole comment“For “the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims His handywork.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. [xviii.] 1.
Read the whole comment“And again: “Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxix. 1.
Read the whole comment“For it is written: “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth the work of His hands;” and elsewhere: “In the beginning Thou didst found the earth, O Lord; and the heavens are the works of Thy hands.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. [xviii.] 1.
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Augustine of Hippo
““The heavens tell out the glory of God” (ver. 1).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“That tell out the glory of God: for, “The heavens tell out the glory of God:” whereof is said, “Into all the earth their sound hath gone forth, and into the ends of the world their words.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
Read the whole comment“These are the Heavens, whereof in another Psalm is sung, “The Heavens are telling forth the glory of God.”…” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
Read the whole comment“…became as Heavens which declare the glory of God: as it is written by them, “The Heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handywork.”…Since, although they were taken up from hence before the Church filled the whole world, yet as “their words reached to the ends of the world,” we are right in…” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
Read the whole comment““The heavens declare the glory of God.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
Read the whole comment“…and of these heavens declaring the glory of God it is presently said, “There is neither speech nor language, but their voices are heard among them,” etc. When then these heavens sent forth their voices through all lands, and did wonderful things, while the Lord flashed and thundered from them by miracles and…” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1, 3, 4.
Read the whole comment“Now has His going forth been made from the height of heaven, and His return even to the height of heaven.” — editor's note: [Ps. xix. 1–6, partly in citation, partly in allegorizing paraphrase.—R.]
Read the whole comment“For to us, too, that we may adore the lowly Christ, the “heavens have declared the glory of God, when their sound went into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1, 4
Read the whole comment“In so far therefore as they have their conversation there, they do bear God, and they are heaven; because they are the seat of God; and when they declare the words of God, “The heavens declare the glory of God.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
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John Chrysostom
“The world being visible, by this very circumstance proclaims its Maker, (“the heavens,” says the Psalmist, “declare the glory of God”— Ps. xix. 1 ), but the Son is invisible, and is greatly, infinitely, higher than all creation.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For not “the Heavens only declare the glory of God,”but the earth too; and this David declared when he said, “Praise the Lord, ye fruitful trees, and all cedars.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For Scripture often personifies many even lifeless objects; as for instance, “The Sea said” so and so; and, “The Depth saith, It is not in me;” and “The Heavens declare the glory of God;” and again a command is given to the Sword; and the Mountains and Hills are asked the reason of their skipping.” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
Read the whole comment“XI. Mind, then, and sense, thus distinguished from each other, had remained within their own boundaries, and bore in themselves the magnificence of the Creator-Word, silent praisers and thrilling heralds of His mighty work.” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1, 3.
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Leo the Great
“For, when the prophet says, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork: day unto day uttereth speech, and night showeth knowledge,” what is there by which the Truth does not speak to us?” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1, 2.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And again, “The heavens declare the glory of God.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For that is another ground, in which seven glorifies eight, and “the heavens declare to the heavens the glory of God.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1.
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Cross-references · 41
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 64.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.5.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 64.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 64.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 64.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 64.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 64.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 64.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 64.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.61.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.5 and 1 other place.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IV.12.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.5.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IV.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.3.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Luke 11:1–4 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies I.14.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.14.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Luke 11:1–4 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 19.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.14.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.61.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.5.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.3.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.5.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.