Psalms 24:2
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
In Context
1The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? and who shall stand in his holy place?
Cross References
Genesis 1:9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 93:1The LORD reigneth; he is apparelled with majesty; the LORD is apparelled, he hath girded himself with strength: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, The LORD reigneth: the world also is stablished that it cannot be moved: he shall judge the peoples with equity.
Psalms 136:6To him that spread forth the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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 →