Psalms 115:16
The heavens are the heavens of the LORD; but the earth hath He given to the children of men.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 be ye of the LORD who made heaven and earth.
17The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence;
Cross References
Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto 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 children of men, He set the borders of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
Psalms 89:11(89-12) Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them.
Psalms 144:5O LORD, bow Thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
Isaiah 45:18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens, He is God; that formed the earth and made it, He established it, He created it not a waste, He formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Jeremiah 27:5I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the face of the earth, by My great power and by My outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto 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 →