The Meaning of Psalms 19:5 Explained

Psalms 19:5

KJV: Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

YLT: And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering, He rejoiceth as a mighty one To run the path.

Darby: And he is as a bridegroom going forth from his chamber; he rejoiceth as a strong man to run the race.

ASV: Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Which [is] as a bridegroom  coming out  of his chamber,  [and] rejoiceth  as a strong man  to run  a race. 

What does Psalms 19:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 19:1-14 - The Works And The Word Of God
This is the "Psalm of the Two Books"-Nature and Scripture. If Psalms 8:1-9 were written at night, Psalms 19:1-14 was surely written by day. In Psalms 19:1, God is called El, "strong;" in Psalms 19:7-9; Psalms 19:14, the Hebrew Jehovah is translated "Lord," as if His glory as Creator is the stepping-stone to loftier conceptions of the Redeemer.
Nature's silence! No speech nor language! Psalms 19:3. What a picture of the sacred stillness of dawn! Yet the witness-bearing is universal. Line, Psalms 19:4, is "compass" or "territory," but some translate it "chord." Nature's harp is strung to the glory of God. Jesus is our Sun, Malachi 4:2.
Six synonyms for Scripture, and twelve qualities ascribed to it, Psalms 19:7-9. How truly might our Lord have appropriated Psalms 19:10! Let us end with confession and prayer. Errors, Psalms 19:12; see Leviticus 4:2, r.v., margin, Psalms 19:13. Dominion, Psalms 19:13; Romans 6:14. For the seventh time Jehovah, Psalms 19:14, with two loving epithets! Can we all say my, claiming all of God? [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 19

1  The creatures show God's glory
7  The excellence of the divine law
12  David prays for grace

What do the individual words in Psalms 19:5 mean?

That [is] like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber [And] rejoices like a strong man to run its race
וְה֗וּא כְּ֭חָתָן יֹצֵ֣א מֵחֻפָּת֑וֹ יָשִׂ֥ישׂ כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר לָר֥וּץ אֹֽרַח

וְה֗וּא  That  [is] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
כְּ֭חָתָן  like  a  bridegroom 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָתָן  
Sense: son-in-law, daughter’s husband, bridegroom, husband.
יֹצֵ֣א  coming  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
מֵחֻפָּת֑וֹ  of  his  chamber 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חֻפָּה  
Sense: chamber, room, canopy, closet.
יָשִׂ֥ישׂ  [And]  rejoices 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׂוּשׂ  
Sense: to exult, rejoice.
כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר  like  a  strong  man 
Parse: Preposition-k, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.
לָר֥וּץ  to  run 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: רוּץ 
Sense: to run.
אֹֽרַח  its  race 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: אֹרַח  
Sense: way, path.