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1A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Psalms 24:1 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Psalms 89:11

    The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:26

    For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:11

    Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

  • Job 41:11

    Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

  • Deuteronomy 10:14

    Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.

Commentary

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

(vv. 1-2)

Here is, I. God’s absolute propriety in this part of the creation where our lot is cast, Ps. 24:1. 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 a distance from the royal palace above, is neglected, and that he claims…

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