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2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
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Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. …
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. …
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
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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