Psalms 24:2
For upon seas hath he founded it, and upon rivers hath he established it.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
In Context
3Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord? and who shall be able to stand in his holy place?
Cross References
Genesis 1:9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land be visible: and it was so.
Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell it, if thou hast any understanding [of it].
Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
Psalms 93:1The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with excellency; the Lord is clothed, he hath girded himself with strength: [therefore] also the world is firmly established, that it cannot be moved.
Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, “The Lord reigneth;” [therefore] also the world is ever firmly established that it shall hot be moved: he will judge the people in equity.
Psalms 136:6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters; for to eternity endureth his kindness.
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 →