Psalms 24:1
To Yahweh, belongeth, The earth and the fulness thereof, The world, and they who dwell therein;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, upon the seas, hath founded it, and upon the currents, doth make it firm.
Cross References
Exodus 9:29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, will I spread out my hands unto Yahweh,—the thunderings, shall cease, and, the hail, shall come no more,—that thou mayest know, that to Yahweh, belongeth the earth.
Deuteronomy 10:14Lo! unto Yahweh thy God, belong the heavens even the highest heavens,—the earth, with all that is therein.
1 Chronicles 29:16O Yahweh our God, all this abundance which we have prepared, to build thee a house for thy holy Name, out of thine own hand, it is, and, thine, is the whole.
Job 34:13Who set him in charge of the earth? Or who appointed [him] the whole world?
Job 41:11Who hath forestalled me, that I may repay him? Under all the heavens, mine it is!
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, For, mine, is the world, and the fulness thereof.
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 →