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Psalms 24:1
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The earth and everything in it,the world and its inhabitants,belong to the Lord;
<> The eretz is the LORD's, with its fullness; The world, and those who dwell therein.
The earth is the Lord 's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
A Psalm of David.
The earth is the Lord 's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,A psalm of David.
The earth belongs to the Lord , and everything in it— the world and all its people.A psalm of David.
The Lord owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness of it, The world, and those who dwell in it.
The earth is the LORD'S, and all it contains, The world, and those who live in it.
<> The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness; The world, and those who dwell therein.
A Psalme of Dauid. The earth is the Lordes, and all that therein is: the worlde and they that dwell therein.
The earth is Yahweh's, as well as its fullness,The world, and those who dwell in it.
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
(A psalm by David.)
The earth and everything on it belong to the Lord . The world and its people belong to him.By David. A psalm: The earth is Adonai 's, with all that is in it, the world and those who live there;
Of David. A Psalm.
The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.A song of David.
The earth and everything on it belong to the Lord . The world and all its people belong to him.THE earth is the LORDS and the fulness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein.
The world and all that is in it belong to the Lord ; the earth and all who live on it are his.
A psalm of David.
The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness, the world and those who live in it,A Psalm of David. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fullness of it; the world, and those who live in it.
The earth is the LORDES, & all that therin is: the copase of the worlde, ad all yt dwell therin.
A Psalm of David.
The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.
A Psalm of David.
[A Psalme of Dauid.] The earth is the Lords, and the fulnesse thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
The earth is Gods and all that therin is: the worlde, & they that dwell therin.
The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world, and all that dwell in it.
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
The title of the `thre and twentithe salm. The song of Dauid. The erthe and the fulnesse therof is `the Lordis; the world, and alle that dwellen therynne `is the Lordis.
A Psalm of David. The earth is Yahweh's, and the fullness thereof; The world, and those that dwell therein.
A Psalm of David. The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
A psalm of David.
The earth is the Lord 's, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.The earth is the Lord's, and all that is in it, the world, and all who live in it.
Of David. A Psalm.
The earth is the Lord 's and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it;(23-1) <On the first day of the week, a psalm for David.> The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein.
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's and the fulness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein;
A Psalm of David. To Jehovah [is] the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.
A Psalm of David.
The earth is the Lord's , and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 2962, bc 1042
earth: Psalms 50:12, Exodus 9:29, Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 10:14, 1 Chronicles 29:11, Job 41:11, Daniel 4:25, 1 Corinthians 10:26
world: Psalms 89:11, Psalms 98:7, Nahum 1:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:9 - General Genesis 1:29 - I have Genesis 6:7 - I will Genesis 14:19 - possessor Genesis 14:22 - the most Exodus 11:2 - borrow Leviticus 25:2 - When ye Leviticus 25:23 - for ever Numbers 33:53 - General Deuteronomy 33:16 - the earth Joshua 3:11 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 29:16 - all this store 2 Chronicles 25:8 - The Lord Psalms 74:17 - set Psalms 104:24 - the earth Isaiah 34:1 - all that is therein Isaiah 42:5 - he that spread Jeremiah 8:16 - all that is in it Jeremiah 47:2 - all that is therein Ezekiel 12:19 - all that is therein Ezekiel 32:15 - destitute of that whereof Micah 1:2 - all that therein is Haggai 2:8 - General Matthew 21:3 - The Lord Mark 11:3 - that Luke 10:21 - Lord Luke 19:31 - the Lord Acts 17:24 - seeing 1 Corinthians 10:28 - for
Cross-References
I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you."
Abraham and Sarah were old by this time, very old. Sarah was far past the age for having babies. Sarah laughed within herself, "An old woman like me? Get pregnant? With this old man of a husband?"
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born. Sarah said, God has blessed me with laughter and all who get the news will laugh with me!
Abraham was now an old man. God had blessed Abraham in every way.
King David grew old. The years had caught up with him. Even though they piled blankets on him, he couldn't keep warm. So his servants said to him, "We're going to get a young virgin for our master the king to be at his side and look after him; she'll get in bed with you and arouse our master the king." So they searched the country of Israel for the most ravishing girl they could find; they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king. The girl was stunningly beautiful; she stayed at his side and looked after the king, but the king did not have sex with her.
God 's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God.
So those now who live by faith are blessed along with Abraham, who lived by faith—this is no new doctrine! And that means that anyone who tries to live by his own effort, independent of God, is doomed to failure. Scripture backs this up: "Utterly cursed is every person who fails to carry out every detail written in the Book of the law."
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof,.... The whole universe, all the terraqueous globe, both land and water, and the circumambient air, and all that is therein; the fishes of the sea, the fowls of the air, the beasts of the field, all plants and vegetables that spring out of the earth, and metals and minerals in the bowels of it; all which are the riches of the Lord the earth is full of,
Psalms 104:24; see Psalms 50:10;
the world, and they that dwell therein; the habitable world, and the dwellers on it, rational and irrational. These words may be interpreted of Christ, who is Lord of all; he made the world, and has a right and claim to all things in it; for the same person is here spoken of as in the preceding psalm, under the character of a shepherd; and this shows him to be very fit and proper for such an office, seeing he cannot fail of feeding and protecting his sheep; nor can they want any good thing, since the fulness both of nature and of grace is with him; and hence it is that all things are theirs, whether the world, or things present, or things to come; and though they seem to have nothing, yet possess all things, they possessing him whose all things are. The apostle makes use of this passage of Scripture, to prove, explain, and direct in the use of Christian liberty, with respect to the free use of creatures, they all being the Lord's; and therefore good, and to be received with thanksgiving: and yet, inasmuch as there is a variety of them, such should be abstained from, when to use them serves to embolden evil men in their wicked ways, or offend and grieve weak Christians,
1 Corinthians 10:25.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The earth is the Lordâs - The whole world belongs to God. He is the Creator of the earth, and therefore, its Proprietor; or, in other words, âthe property vests in him.â It belongs to Him in a sense somewhat similar to our right of property in anything that is the production of our hands, or of our labor or skill. We claim that as our own. We feel that we have a right to use it, or to dispose of it, as we choose. No other person has a right to take it from us, or to dictate to us how we shall employ it. Thus, God, in the highest possible sense, has a right to the earth, and to all which it produces, as being all of it the creation of His hands, and the fruit of His culture and skill. He has a right to dispose of it as He pleases; by fire, or flood, or tempest; and He has an equal right to direct man in what way He shall employ that portion of the productions of the earth which may be entrusted to Him. All the right which any person has to any portion of the earthâs surface, or to what is treasured up in the earth, or to what it is made to produce, is subordinate to the claims of God, and all should be yielded up at His bidding, whether He comes and claims it to be employed in His service, or whether He comes and sweeps it away by fire or flood; by the locust, or by the palmer-worm.
And the fulness thereof - All which it contains; everything which goes to âfill upâ the world: animals, minerals, vegetables, people. All belong to God, and He has a right to claim them for His service, and to dispose of them as He pleases. This very language, so noble, so true, and so suitable to be made conspicuous in the eyes of human beings, I saw inscribed in a place where it seemed to be most appropriate, and most adapted to arrest and direct the thoughts of men - on the front of the Royal Exchange in London. It was well to remind the great merchants of the largest commercial city in the world of the truth which it contains; it does much to describe the character of the British nation that it should be inscribed in a place so conspicuous, and, as it were, on the wealth of that great capital.
The world - The word used here - ת×× teÌbeÌl - is a poetic word, referring to the earth considered as fertile and inhabited - the âhabitableâ globe; the same as the Greek, οιÌÎºÎ¿Ï Î¼ÎµÌνη oikoumeneÌ.
And they that dwell therein - All the inhabitants of the earth, embracing men and animals of all kinds. Compare Psalms 50:10-11. God has a claim on people - upon their services, upon their talents, upon all that they can acquire by labor and skill; He has a right to all that fly in the air, or that walk the earth, or that swim in the sea. On the occasion on which it is supposed that this psalm was written, in bringing up the ark of God, and placing it in the tabernacle provided for it in the capital of the nation, no sentiment could be more appropriate than that which would recognize the universal supremacy of God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
PSALM XXIV
The Lord is Sovereign Ruler of the universe, 1, 2.
The great question, Who is fit to minister to the Lord in his
own temple? 3-6.
The glory of God in his entrance into his temple, 7-10.
NOTES ON PSALM XXIV
It is probable that this Psalm was composed on occasion of bringing the ark from the house of Obed-edom to Mount Sion, and the questions may respect the fitness of the persons who were to minister before this ark: the last verses may refer to the opening of the city gates in order to admit it. As many of the expressions here are nearly the same with those in Psalms 15:0, I must refer to that place for their particular illustration; though it is most likely that the two Psalms were composed on very different occasions. The first contains a general question relative to who shall be saved? This is more particular; and refers to the temple and tabernacle service, and who is fit to minister there.
Verse Psalms 24:1. The earth is the Lord's — He is the Creator and Governor of it; it is his own property. Men may claim districts and kingdoms of it as their property, but God is Lord of the soil.
The fullness thereof — "All its creatures." - Targum. Every tree, plant, and shrub; the silver and the gold, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
They that dwell therein. — All human beings.
