Psalms 24:2
For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
In Context
3Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?
Cross References
Genesis 1:9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
Psalms 93:1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
Psalms 96:10Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
Psalms 136:6He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.
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 →