Psalms 24:1
A Psalme of David. The earth is the Lordes, and all that therein is: the worlde and they that dwell therein.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.
Cross References
Exodus 9:29Then Moses saide vnto him, Assoone as I am out of the citie, I will spreade mine hands vnto the Lord, and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more haile, that thou mayest knowe that the earth is the Lordes.
Deuteronomy 10:14Beholde, heauen, and the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is.
1 Chronicles 29:16O Lord our God, all this abundance that we haue prepared to buylde thee an house for thine holy Name, is of thine hand and all is thine.
Job 34:13Whome hath he appointed ouer the earth beside him selfe? or who hath placed the whole worlde?
Job 41:11Out of his nostrels commeth out smoke, as out of a boyling pot or caldron.
Psalms 50:12If I bee hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and all that therein is.
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 →