Chapter Two
Song of the Day, Night and the Legions of Heaven
G-d proclaims that all of Creation is for His glory, "Everyone who is called by My Name and whom I have created for My glory, whom I have fashioned, even perfected" (Yeshyahu 43:7)
יוֹם אוֹמֵר - Day Says:
Tehillim 19:3
יוֹם לְיוֹם יַבִּיעַ אֹמֶר וְלַיְלָה לְּלַיְלָה יְחַוֶּה-דָּעַת
Yom leyom yabia omer velaila lelaila yechave-daat
Day to day utters speech and night to night expresses knowledge.
The works of Creation are renewed day by day. In the evening the sun sets and in the morning it rises, which inspires men to words of praise. It is as if by teaching man to utter songs of acclaim and thanksgiving, the days and nights themselves "utter speech."
Renewal of Creation every day makes it plain that this pattern cannot be due to chance, and every man perceives this manifestation of G-d's might.
This chapter in Tehillim continues by comparing the rising of the sun with a groom who emerges from his chamber in the morning. The Midrash Tehillim 19 explains the comparison. Just as a groom enters in purity and emerges impure so too the sun goes from purity to impurity. The physical in relation to the spiritual realms is called impure because it cannot exist without the spiritual much like a body is dead without the soul. Each day G-d renews the workings of the Creation and draws new life from the source of life to all the creations. In this context purity represents life that comes from the source of life whereas impurity is the physical Creation without the spiritual.
