Psalms 24:1
Unto the end. A Psalm of David. To you, Lord, I have lifted up my soul.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
In Context
2In you, my God, I trust. Let me not be put to shame.
Cross References
Exodus 9:29Moses said: “When I have departed from the city, I will extend my hands to the Lord, and the thunders will cease, and the hail will not be, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 10:14Lo, heaven belongs to the Lord your God, and the heaven of heaven, and the earth, and all the things that are within these.
1 Chronicles 29:16O Lord our God, all this abundance, which we have prepared so that a house may be built to your holy name, is from your hand, and all things are yours.
Job 34:13What other is established over the earth? Or whom has he placed over the world, which he made?
Job 41:11Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.
Psalms 50:12Create a clean heart in me, O God. And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:1
This psalm is concerning the kingdom of Jesus Christ, I. His providential kingdom, by which he rules the world, ver. 1, 2 . II. The kingdom of his grace, by which he rules in his church. 1. Concerning the subjects of that kingdom; their character ( ver. 4 , 6 ), their charter, ver. 5 . 2. Concerning the King of that kingdom; and a summons to all to give him admission, ver. 7-10 . It is supposed that the psalm was penned upon occasion of David's bringing up the ark to the place prepared for it, and that the… Read the whole commentary →