Psalms 115:16
The heavens — the heavens [are] Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
In Context
15Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,
17The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.
Cross References
Genesis 9:1And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;
Deuteronomy 32:8In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam — He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.
Psalms 89:11Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
Psalms 144:5Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.
Isaiah 45:18For thus said Jehovah, Creator of heaven, He is God, Former of earth, and its Maker, He established it — not empty He prepared it, For inhabiting He formed it: 'I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else.
Jeremiah 27:5Thus do ye say unto your lords, I — I have made the earth with man, and the cattle that [are] on the face of the earth, by My great power, and by My stretched-out arm, and I have given it to whom it hath been right in Mine eyes.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 115:10-18
Confidence in God. 9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord : he is their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear the Lord , trust in the Lord : he is their help and their shield. 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless them that fear the Lord , both small and great. 14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children. 15 Ye are… Read the whole commentary →