Psalm 19:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

It rises like a bridegroom and gets ready like a hero eager to run a race.

Cross References

Job 38:13

Did it take hold of the earth and shake out the wicked like dust from a rug?

Ecclesiastes 1:5

The sun comes up, the sun goes down; it hurries right back to where it started from.

Isaiah 61:10

I celebrate and shout because of my LORD God. His saving power and justice are the very clothes I wear. They are more beautiful than the jewellery worn by a bride or a groom.

Isaiah 62:5

Your people will take the land, just as a young man takes a bride. The LORD will be pleased because of you, just as a husband is pleased with his bride.

John 3:29

At a wedding the groom is the one who gets married. The best man is glad just to be there and to hear the groom's voice. That's why I am so glad.