Psalm 19:5 “Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing…”

Psalm 19:5

Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Which commeth forth as a bridegrome out of his chamber, and reioyceth like a mightie man to runne his race.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.

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Cross references

“bridegroom”

Isaiah 62:5 Isaiah 61:10 John 3:29

Isaiah 62:5 · BSB

For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Isaiah 61:10 · BSB

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns…

John 3:29 · BSB

The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

“rejoiceth”

1 Corinthians 9:24–26 Ecclesiastes 1:5 Philippians 3:13 Philippians 3:14 Hebrews 12:1 Hebrews 12:2

1 Corinthians 9:24–26 · BSB

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

Ecclesiastes 1:5 · BSB

The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.

Philippians 3:13 · BSB

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

Philippians 3:14 · BSB

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 12:1 · BSB

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

Hebrews 12:2 · BSB

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.

6it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.

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