Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed forever. What is denied is not the earth's motion, but the possibility of its being disturbed from the place in the universe which God has assigned it. What is here said of His laying the foundations of the earth, answers to what was said of the heavens, Psalms 104:3. It is still the work of the second day of creation that is referred to. As the upper part of the world-frame, the sky, is firmly constructed, though it has only water for its beams, so the lower part, the earth, is firmly founded by God's omnipotence, though it rest upon nothing to support it. Literally, 'Who founded the earth upon its foundations?' Its foundations are the gravity or attraction of its particles toward the center, and the spherical figure. God hangs the earth in mid-air, resting on its own foundations. Thus, the Bible anticipated Newton's great discovery. Job 26:7, 'He hangeth the earth upon nothing;' also Job 26:8; Bible anticipated Newton's great discovery. Job 26:7, 'He hangeth the earth upon nothing;' also Job 26:8; Job 38:4-6.