Psalms 24:1
A Psalm of David. 1 To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 9:29And Moses said to him, When I shall have departed from the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord, and the thunderings shall cease, and the hail and the rain shall be no longer, that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord’s.
Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord thy God, the earth and all things that are in it.
1 Chronicles 29:16O Lord our God, as for all this abundance which I have prepared that a house should be built to thy holy name, it is of thy hand, and all is thine.
Job 34:13And who is he that made the whole world under heaven, 1 And all things therein? 1
Job 41:11Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, 1 And as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad. 1
Psalms 50:12Create in me a clean heart, O God; 1 And renew a right spirit in my inward parts. 1
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 →