Psalms 24:2
For, he, upon the seas, hath founded it, and upon the currents, doth make it firm.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
In Context
1To Yahweh, belongeth, The earth and the fulness thereof, The world, and they who dwell therein;
3Who shall ascend the mountain of Yahweh? And who shall stand in his holy place?
Cross References
Genesis 1:9And God said—Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together, into one place, and let the dry—ground appear. And it was so.
Job 38:4Where wast thou, when I founded the earth? Tell, if thou knowest understanding!
Psalms 33:6By the word of Yahweh, the heavens were made, and, by the spirit of his mouth, all their host:
Psalms 93:1Yahweh, hath become king, With majesty, is he clothed,—Clothed is Yahweh, With strength, hath he girded himself, Surely he hath fixed the world, It shall not be shaken.
Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, Yahweh, hath become King, Surely he hath fixed the world, it shall not be shaken, He will judge the peoples with equity.
Psalms 136:6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
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 →