Psalms 24:1
The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Revised Version 1895
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 upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Cross References
Exodus 9:29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is the LORD’S.
Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, unto the LORD thy God belongeth the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that therein is.
1 Chronicles 29:16O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
Job 34:13Who gave him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
Job 41:11Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, 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 →