The Meaning of Psalms 19:6 Explained

Psalms 19:6

KJV: His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

YLT: From the end of the heavens is his going out, And his revolution is unto their ends, And nothing is hid from his heat.

Darby: His going forth is from the end of the heavens, and his circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

ASV: His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

His going forth  [is] from the end  of the heaven,  and his circuit  unto the ends  of it: and there is nothing hid  from the heat  thereof. 

What does Psalms 19:6 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 19:6 mean?

From one end of heaven Its rising [is] and its circuit to the other end and there is nothing hidden from its heat
מִקְצֵ֤ה הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם ׀ מֽוֹצָא֗וֹ וּתְקוּפָת֥וֹ עַל־ קְצוֹתָ֑ם וְאֵ֥ין נִ֝סְתָּ֗ר מֵֽחַמָּתוֹ‪‬

מִקְצֵ֤ה  From  one  end 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קָצֶה 
Sense: end, extremity.
הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם ׀  of  heaven 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
מֽוֹצָא֗וֹ  Its  rising  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מֹוצָא  
Sense: act or place of going out or forth, issue, export, source, spring.
וּתְקוּפָת֥וֹ  and  its  circuit 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: תְּקוּפָה  
Sense: coming round, circuit of time or space, a turning, circuit.
קְצוֹתָ֑ם  the  other  end 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: קָצָה 
Sense: end, extremity.
וְאֵ֥ין  and  there  is  nothing 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
נִ֝סְתָּ֗ר  hidden 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: סָתַר  
Sense: to hide, conceal.
מֵֽחַמָּתוֹ‪‬  from  its  heat 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חַמָּה  
Sense: sun, heat of the sun, heat.