Psalms 115:16
The heauens, euen the heauens are the Lordes: but he hath giuen the earth to the sonnes of men.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
15Ye are blessed of the Lord, which made the heauen and the earth.
17The dead prayse not the Lord, neither any that goe downe into the place of silence.
Cross References
Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sonnes, and said to them, Bring foorth fruite, and multiplie, and replenish the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:8When the most hie God deuided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sonnes of Adam, he appoynted the borders of the people, according to the nomber of the children of Israel.
Psalms 89:11The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast layde the foundation of the world, and all that therein is.
Psalms 144:5Bow thine heauens, O Lord, and come downe: touch the mountaines and they shall smoke.
Isaiah 45:18For thus saith the Lord (that created heauen, God himselfe, that formed the earth, and made it: he that prepared it, he created it not in vaine: he formed it to be inhabited) I am the Lord, and there is none other.
Jeremiah 27:5I haue made the earth, the man, and the beast that are vpon the groud, by my great power, and by my outstreched arme, and haue giuen it vnto whom it pleased 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 →