Psalms 24:2
For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
In Context
3Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place?
Cross References
Genesis 1:9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.
Job 38:4Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.
Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 93:1The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.
Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.
Psalms 136:6To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:2-3
God's Absolute Propriety. 1 The earth is the Lord 's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Here is, I. God's absolute propriety in this part of the creation where our lot is cast, v. 1 . We are not to think that the heavens, even the heavens only, are the Lord's, and the numerous and bright inhabitants of the upper world, and that this earth, being so small and inconsiderable a part of the creation, and at such… Read the whole commentary →