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Psalm 19 The greatness of God revealed to us
God’s greatness in nature
Actual size Football scale
Earth’s diameter 13 thousand km 23 cm / 1 football
God’s greatness in nature
Actual size Football scale
Earth’s diameter 13 thousand km 23 cm / 1 football
New Zealand 268 thousand km2 87 mm2 / fingernail
God’s greatness in nature
Actual size Football scale
Earth’s diameter 13 thousand km 23 cm / 1 football
New Zealand 268 thousand km2 87 mm2 / fingernail
Sun’s diameter 1.4 million km 25 m / larger, higher auditorium
God’s greatness in nature
Actual size Football scale
Earth’s diameter 13 thousand km 23 cm / 1 football
New Zealand 268 thousand km2 87 mm2 / fingernail
Sun’s diameter 1.4 million km 25 m / larger, higher auditorium
Sun’s distance 150 million km 2.6 km / RSC to Cathedral Square
Nature reveals God's greatness
The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
‘Ua tala mai e le lagi le mamalu o le Atua;
‘ua fa‘aalia fo‘i e le vā nimonimo le galuega a ona ‘a‘ao.
Psalm 19
Verse 1 – 6 How God is revealed in nature
Verse 7 – 11 How God is revealed in His word
Verse 10 – 14 How we should respond
Nature reveals God's greatness
The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
‘Ua tala mai e le lagi le mamalu o le Atua;
‘ua fa‘aalia fo‘i e le vā nimonimo le galuega a ona ‘a‘ao.
Nature reveals God's greatness
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
O lo‘o ta‘u atu le ‘upu e le tasi aso i le tasi aso,
o lo‘o fa‘ailoa fo‘i le poto e le tasi po i le tasi po.
Nature reveals God's greatness
• Continuously
Nature reveals God's greatness
They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
E leai se gagana, e leai fo‘i ni ‘upu,
e lē lagona o latou leo.
Nature reveals God's greatness
• Continuously
• Subtly and silently
Nature reveals God's greatness
Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
‘Ua o‘o atu lo latou leo i le lalolagi uma lava,
ma a latou ‘upu i tulu‘iga o le atu laulau.
Nature reveals God's greatness
• Continuously
• Subtly and silently
• Universally
Nature reveals God's greatness
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
‘Ua na tu‘u i ai le fale ‘ie mo le lā;
Nature reveals God's greatness
• Continuously
• Subtly and silently
• Universally
• Obediently
Nature reveals God's greatness
It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
O ia fo‘i, e fa‘apei o se fa‘ato‘āfaiavā ‘ua sau mai lona afeafe;
e fiafia o ia e pei o se tagata fitafita e tamo‘e i le ala.
Nature reveals God's greatness
• Continuously
• Subtly and silently
• Universally
• Obediently
• Eagerly
Nature reveals God's greatness
It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the other;
O lona alu atu, mai le tasi tulu‘iga o le lagi lea,
‘ua o‘o fo‘i lana fa‘ata‘amilosaga i le tasi ona tulu‘iga;
Nature reveals God's greatness
• Continuously
• Subtly and silently
• Universally
• Obediently
• Eagerly
• Fulfillingly
Nature reveals God's greatness
Nothing is deprived of its warmth E leai fo‘i se mea e lilo i lona vevela.
Nature reveals God's greatness
• Continuously
• Subtly and silently
• Universally (v4)
• Obediently
• Eagerly
• Fulfillingly
• Universally (v6)
Nature reveals God's greatness
• Continuously
• Subtly and silently
• Universally
• Obediently
• Eagerly
• Fulfillingly
• Universally, powerfully and personally
The law of the Lord is perfect E sa‘o le tulafono a le ALI‘I
An abrupt transition
“The actual words supply no logical connection between the first and second movements. I think he [i.e. David, the author] felt effortlessly and without reflecting on it, so close a connection . . . between his first theme and his second that he passed from the one to the other without realising that he had made any transition.
An abrupt transition
“First he thinks of the sky . . . Then he thinks of the sun . . . Finally, of its heat. Then at once, in verse 7 he is talking of something else, which hardly seems to him of something else because it is so like the all-piercing, all-detecting sunshine.”
– CS Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms
Psalm 19:7-8
God’s ______ is ___________ resulting in ___________.
(word) (an attribute) (an outcome)
The Word reveals God's greatness
The law of the Lord is perfect,
refreshing the soul.
E sa‘o le tulafono a le ALI‘I,
e fa‘afoisia mai ai le agaga;
Salvation
The Word reveals God's greatness
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
E fa‘amaoni poloa‘iga a le ALI‘I,
e fa‘apotoina ai lē ‘ua faigofie.
Salvation Wisdom
The Word reveals God's greatness
The precepts of the Lord are right,
giving joy to the heart.
E tonu fe‘au a le ALI‘I,
e fa‘afiafia ai le loto;
Salvation Wisdom Joy
The Word reveals God's greatness
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
E mamā poloa‘iga a le ALI‘I,
e malamalama ai mata.
Salvation Wisdom Joy Insight
The Word reveals God's greatness
Verse 7 Refreshing the soul Making the simple wise
Verse 8 Joy to the heart Light to the eyes
A dilemma
But who can discern their own errors?
O ai ‘ea na te iloa amio sesē?
A dilemma resolved
But who can discern their own errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.
O ai ‘ea na te iloa amio sesē?
‘Ia e fa‘amāgalo ‘iā te a‘u i agasala lilo.
A dilemma resolved
But who can discern their own errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.
Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
O ai ‘ea na te iloa amio sesē?
‘Ia e fa‘amāgalo ‘iā te a‘u i agasala lilo.
‘Ia e tāofi fo‘i i lau ‘au‘auna i agasala fa‘amaualuga;
‘aua ne‘i pule ia ‘iā te a‘u;
A dilemma resolved
But who can discern their own errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.
Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
O ai ‘ea na te iloa amio sesē?
‘Ia e fa‘amāgalo ‘iā te a‘u i agasala lilo.
‘Ia e tāofi fo‘i i lau ‘au‘auna i agasala fa‘amaualuga;
‘aua ne‘i pule ia ‘iā te a‘u;
‘ona sa‘o ai lea o la‘u amio,
‘ou te lē nofo sala fo‘i i le leaga sili.
Our prayer
May these words of my mouth
and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
‘Ia malie fo‘i ‘iā te oe ‘upu a lo‘u gutu,
ma mafaufauga o lo‘u loto,
le ALI‘I e, lo‘u papa ma lē na te togiolaina a‘u.