Psalms 24:1
On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
In Context
2For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.
Cross References
Exodus 9:29Moses said: As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will stretch forth my hands to the Lord, and the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall be no more: that thou mayst know that the earth is the Lord's.
Deuteronomy 10:14Behold heaven is the Lord's thy God, and the heaven of heaven, the earth and all things that are therein.
1 Chronicles 29:16O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name, is from thy hand, and all things are thine.
Job 34:13What other hath he appointed over the earth? or whom hath he set over the world which he made?
Job 41:11Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.
Psalms 50:12If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
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 →