Psalms 24:1

The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
earth	הָאָ֣רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
LORD’s	לַֽ֭יהוָה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
fulness	וּמְלוֹאָ֑הּ u.me.lo.'Ah	H4393	fulness (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
world	תֵּ֝בֵ֗ל te.Vel	H8398	the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
dwell	וְיֹ֣שְׁבֵי ve.Yo.she.vei	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct

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Cross-references

Psalms 89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
1 Corinthians 10:26 For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
1 Chronicles 29:11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the ea…
Job 41:11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Deuteronomy 10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
Exodus 9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, nei…
Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all…
Psalms 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:1-2

Here is, I. God's absolute propriety in this part of the creation where our lot is cast, Psa 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 no interest in it. No, even the earth is his, and this lower world; and, though he has prepared the throne of his glory in the heavens, yet his kingdom rules over all, and even the worms of this earth are not below his cognizance, nor from under his dominion. 1. When God gave the earth to the childr…

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John Gill on Psalms 24:1

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, Psalm 104:24; see Psalm 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 her…

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John Calvin on Psalms 24:1-4

Psalm 24:1-4 1. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fullness thereof; [539] the world, and they that dwell therein: 2. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. 3. Who shall ascend unto the hill of Jehovah? who shall stand in his holy place? 4. He who is clean of hands, and pure of heart; who hath not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 1. The earth is Jehovah's. We will find in many other places the children of Abraham compared with all the rest of mankind, that the free goodness of God, in selecting them from all other nations, and in embracing them with his favor, may shine forth the more conspicuously. The object of the beginning of the psal…

The Church Fathers

He is Lord of the whole world. He is its Lord, however, not by wresting authority or by depriving anyone else of lordship but by personally creating it and leading it from nonbeing into being.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 24:2

This verse teaches about God's kingdom to come, in which he will reign over all. And in order to make known that as maker and natural Lord he will reign over it, he said [in the next verse], "He is its foundations."
— Pseudo-Athanasius, EXPOSITION ON PSALM 24

"The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof, the compass of the world, and all they that dwell therein" [Psalm 24:1]; when the Lord, being glorified, is announced for the believing of all nations; and the whole compass of the world becomes His Church.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 24

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Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Geology · 22:16; — 22:16;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 24:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:1-2

John Gill on Psalms 24:1

John Calvin on Psalms 24:1-4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 24:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:1-2

John Gill on Psalms 24:1

John Calvin on Psalms 24:1-4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 24:1-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 24:1

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 24:1