Psalm 19:1-4a
“The heavens declare the glory of God. The firmament shows his handiwork. Day after day pours forth speech, and night after night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language. Their voice is not heard. Their sound goes out through all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
This psalm, often attributed to King David, celebrates the two primary ways God reveals himself: through the created order (natural revelation) and through his Law (special revelation, which follows in the rest of the psalm). The psalmist marvels at the silent, yet universally understood, message of the cosmos.
What does this passage suggest about the accessibility of understanding something about the divine, even without specific religious texts or traditions?