“ For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. ”
For he hath founded it upon the seas - That is, the earth, or the habitable world. The ground of the claim to the earth and all that it contains, which is here asserted, is the fact that God had...
For he hath founded it upon the (a) seas, and established it upon the floods. (a) He notes two things: the one, that the earth to man's judgment seems above the waters: and next, that God miraculous...
XXIV. Psalms 24:1 f. Yahweh the Creator. Psalms 24:2 . For the water under the earth, cf. Exodus 20:4 . There was sea below the earth, another on a level with the earth, and a third ocea...
founded, &c. Compare 2 Peter 3:5 . Psalms 136:6 ; Genesis 1:1 .
2. For he hath founded it upon the seas. The Psalmist here confirms the truth, that men are rightfully under the authority and power of God, so that in all places and countries they ought to...
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. He hath founded it upon the seas - He not only created the vast mass, but separated the land from the waters, so that the mou...
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Founded it upon the seas - rather, 'above the seas ... above the floods' ( Genesis 1:9-10 ; Job 38:8 ; 2 Peter 3:6...
This Ps. is generally, and very appropriately, connected with the occasion when David brought up the ark from the house of Obededom to the tent prepared for it on Mt. Zion. It declares the universal...
Upon the seas. — For the idea of the earth resting on water, comp. Psalms 136:6 ; Proverbs 8:25-29 . In Genesis the dry land emerges from the water, but is not said to be founded on it. In Job 2...
Psalms 24:1-10 EWALD'S widely accepted view that this psalm is a composite of two fragments rests on a somewhat exaggerated estimate of the differences in tone and structure of the parts. These ar...
Entering Jehovah's Holy Place Psalms 24:1-10 Psalms 22:1-31 tells of the cross; Psalms 23:1-6 of the crook; Psalms 24:1-10 of the crown. This great choral hymn was evidently composed to c...
This is the final psalm of the three, and as in Psa 22:1-31 the words so far exceed the possibility of exhaustion by any circumstances originating them as to create an opinion unanimously in favor of...
The sovereignty of Jehovah over the universe is here beautifully set forth by right of creation; and all the inhabitants, in like manner, are his by the same right, as their Author and Maker. And the...
THE EARTH IS THE LORD’S ‘The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.’ Psa...
For he hath founded it upon the seas ,.... Or "with" them, as some interpret e the particle על; he hath founded the earth and seas together, and both upon nothing; and yet are stable and firm; or "b...
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Ver. 2. For he hath founded it upon the seas ] The solid earth he hath founded upon the liquid waters. This Aristotle ackn...
For he hath founded it Justly have I said, that the earth is the Lord's, for he made it, and laid the foundation of it, and that in a wonderful manner; upon the seas By the seas and floods he mea...
God's Absolute Propriety. A psalm of David. 1 The earth is the L ORD 's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and t...
Justly have I said that the earth is the Lord s , for he made it, and laid the foundation of it, and that in a wonderful manner. By the seas and floods he means the whole collection of waters, as...
The Glory of YHWH ( Psalms 24:1-2 ). Psalms 24:1-2 ‘YHWH's is the earth and its fullness, The world, and those who dwell in it. For HE has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon t...
INTRODUCTION “This grand choral hymn was in all probability composed and sung on the occasion of the removal of the ark from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David, on Mount Zion ( 2 Samuel 6 )...
Psalms 24:1 . The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof, And therefore it is also the believer's. The real fullness of the earth belongs to the Christian. «The meek shall inherit the ear...
Psalms 24:1 . The fulness thereof. Targum, all its creatures; all that the earth contains and supports. Psalms 24:4 . Not lifted up his soul to vanity; that is, to an idol. So the LXX, μαται...
The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof. The earth the Lord’s So the Psalmist in this place speaks of the Divine sovereignty and of the Divine purpose and programme. The Divine sovereig...
EXPOSITION AT first sight this psalm seems to be composed of two quite separate fragments ( Psalms 24:1-19 and Psalms 24:7-19 ); whence Ewald has laid it down that, in their origin, the two...
The Coming of the King of Glory. The Messianic kingdom. A psalm of David, another hymn of the Messiah and His kingdom, to prepare the believers of the Old Testament for His coming and to inspire...
2 Peter 3:5-7 ; Genesis 1:10 ; Genesis 1:9 ; Genesis 8:22 ; Jeremiah 10:11-16 ; Jeremiah 5:22 ; Job 38:4 ; Job 38:8-11 ; Psalms 104:5 ; Psalms 104:6 ; Psalms 136:6 ; Psalms 33:6 ; Psalms...
Seas — The whole collection of waters, as well as the sea and the rivers running into it, as that great abyss of waters which is contained in the bowels of the earth.