Psalms 24:2
For he hath founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
In Context
3Who shall ascende into the mountaine of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place?
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 38:4Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast vnderstanding,
Psalms 33:6By the worde of the Lord were the heauens made, and all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 93:1The Lord reigneth, and is clothed with maiestie: the Lord is clothed, and girded with power: the world also shall be established, that it cannot be mooued.
Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, The Lord reigneth: surely the world shalbe stable, and not moue, and he shall iudge the people in righteousnesse.
Psalms 136:6Which hath stretched out the earth vpon the waters: for his mercie endureth for euer:
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 →