Psalms 24:1
“A psalm of David.” The earth is the LORD'S, and all that is therein; The world, and they who inhabit it.
Noyes Bible
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 established it upon the floods.
Cross References
Job 34:13Who hath given him the charge of the earth? Or who hath created the whole world?
Job 41:11Who hath done me a favor, that I must repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and all that is therein.
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 →