Psalms 115:16
The heavens are the heavens of LORD, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
In Context
15Blessed are ye of LORD who made heaven and earth.
17The dead do not praise LORD, nor any who go down into silence,
Cross References
Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
Psalms 89:11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine, the world and the fullness of it; thou have founded them.
Psalms 144:5Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Isaiah 45:18For thus says LORD who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and did not create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: I am LORD, and there is none else.
Jeremiah 27:5I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 115:10-18
Confidence in God. 9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord : he is their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear the Lord , trust in the Lord : he is their help and their shield. 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless them that fear the Lord , both small and great. 14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children. 15 Ye are… Read the whole commentary →