Psalm 19:1-6
Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. (v. 4a) I’ve read these words many times – actually, surprisingly in each of the past two years! Paul quotes this verse verbatim in Romans 10:18. In the Psalm David applies these words to the heavens and the sky (v. 1). Paul applies this verse to ministers of the gospel. Beginning in Romans 9 Paul has been speaking of his fellow Jews and his sorrow at their unwillingness to accept Jesus as their Messiah. The immediate prelude to his verse 18 is in his verse 14: How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in Him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? The “they” pronouns in verse 14 refer to the Jews (see Romans 10:1). I/we have mentioned a number of times in the past two years that Paul clearly knew his Old Testament scriptures. It’s nice that we can “close that loop” ourselves some 2000 years later.