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5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
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He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)When we are addressing ourselves to any religious service we must stir up ourselves to take hold on God in it (Isa. 64:7); so David does here. “Come, my soul, where art thou? What art thou thinking of? Here is work to be done, good work, angels’ work; set about it in good earnest; let all the powers and faculties be engaged and employed in it: Bless the Lord, O my soul !” In these verses, I. The p…
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