Psalms 136:6
Which hath stretched out the earth vpon the waters: for his mercie endureth for euer:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
In Context
5Which by his wisedome made the heauens: for his mercie endureth for euer:
7Which made great lightes: for his mercie endureth for euer:
Cross References
Genesis 1:9God said againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare. and it was so.
Job 37:18Hast thou stretched out the heaues, which are strong, and as a molten glasse?
Psalms 104:2Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.
Isaiah 42:5Thus sayeth God the Lord (he that created the heauens and spred them abroad: he that stretched foorth the earth, and the buddes thereof: he that giueth breath vnto the people vpon it, and spirit to them that walke therein)
Jeremiah 10:12He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.
2 Peter 3:5For this they willingly know not, that the heauens were of olde, and the earth that was of the water and by the water, by the word of God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 136:2-10
Exhortations to Thanksgiving. 1 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. 5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. 7 To him that made great… Read the whole commentary →