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26For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

1 Chronicles 16:26

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

  • Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

  • Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

  • Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

  • They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-36)

We have here the thanksgiving psalm which David, by the Spirit, composed, and delivered to the chief musician, to be sung upon occasion of the public entry the ark made into the tent prepared for it. Some think he appointed this hymn to be daily used in the temple service, as duly as the day came; whatever other psalms they sung, they must not omit this. David had penned many psalms before this, s…

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