Psalms 19:1-6 Does it really say Equinox?
Updated: Aug 24
Psalms 19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The Heavens #H8064 (the abode of the stars) declare the glory of Yah; and the firmament #H7549 shows his handywork. #H7549 Firmament=what is IN the firmament, the stars, firmament = the vault of Heaven, visible arch of the sky. This is the same word used in Genesis 1:6-8 Let there be a firmament #H7549 in the midst of the waters and let it divide the waters from the water. Yah made the firmament #H7549, and divided the waters which were under the firmament #H7549 from the waters which were above the firmament #H7549
Verse 2 Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night shows knowledge. #H1847 Knowledge=understanding, discernment. This can't be talking about the equinox because the equinox is only 2 times a year. The SUN moves through the Stars thru out the year in the Firmament.
Verse 3 There is no speech nor language, where THEIR (stars) voice is not heard.
Verse 4 THEIR (stars) line is gone out through all the earth, and THEIR (stars) words to the end of the world. In THEM (stars) hath Yah set a TABERNACLE for the Sun.
#H168 tabernacle- tent, dwelling, covering.
Verse 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber and rejoices as a strong man to run a race. #H 3318 coming out= exit-go forth or proceed
Verse 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: there is nothing hid from the heat of it. #H8622 circuit=coming around, a circuit of time.
In this Psalms we have King David telling us first about the firmament by using the words like, Their and Them, that is a tabernacle for the suns path through the constellations that make a circuit around the earth. The firmament shows Yahweh's handywork. What is in the firmament but the stars! If you're tracking the suns path through the stars you will see the sun will complete the circuit yearly.
verse 4 is NOT talking about the equinox, when it says Their line has gone out it is referring to the three verses before, his handywork in the firmament, the STARS. Genesis 1:14-15 Yah said, let there be lights in the firmament #H7549 of the heaven #H8064 to divide the day from the night .... Let them be for lights in the firmament #H7549 of the heavens #H8064.
The stars are the tabernacle for the suns path from one end of the earth to the other every month the sun travels through another set of stars. The suns going forth from one end of the heaven, and his circuit or path is through the stars unto the ends of the earth, and nothing is hidden from the suns heat.
Some people say verse 5 is talking about the equinox which says... is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, as strong man to run a race. That would be the circuit of the stars the sun has completed and starts over for a new year and is marked by the stars not the equinox. The Equinox is marked by a straight line on earth, and this Psalms is telling us of events in the firmament, the sun and stars.



Does this yearly completion happen at a different time than the equinox? Is it the same time each year?
I agree 100%. This is often a proof text used for the equinox/straight-line shadow day but you have dissected this Psalm well and proven it to be talking about the Stars!