The heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Ver. 16. The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's] As the special place of his delight and dwelling; yet not so as if he were there cooped up and concluded; for God is immense and omnipresent, yea, totally present, wheresoever present. The heavens have a large place, but they have one part here, and another there; not so the Lord; he is not commensurable by the place, but everywhere all present.
But the earth hath he given] Or, let out, as to his tenants at will, for he hath not made them absolute owners, to do therein what they will, and to live as they list. "Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton," James 5:5. A heavy charge. Calvin tells of a loose fellow that used in his cups to allege this text.