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God's Absolute Ownership
Multiple commentators emphasize that this verse establishes God's absolute and universal ownership. As the Creator, He holds the ultimate title deed to the entire earth, all its resources, and every person in it. Albert Barnes notes this truth was once inscribed on the Royal Exchange in London, reminding merchants that all wealth is ultimately God's. This means our own claims to property and even our very lives are subordinate to His sovereign rights.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 24:1
18th Century
Theologian
The earth is the Lord’s — The whole world belongs to God. He is the Creator of the earth and, therefore, its Proprietor; or, in oth…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 24:1
19th Century
Bishop
The Lord’s. —The majesty of Jehovah as Lord of the universe is a reason for the psalmist to insist on rectitude and sincerity in t…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 24:1
19th Century
Preacher
The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof, (Psalms 24:1).
And therefore it is also the believer's. The real ful…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 24:1
16th Century
Theologian
The earth is Jehovah’s. We will find in many other places the children of Abraham compared with all the rest of humankind, so that the fre…
John Gill
On Psalms 24:1
17th Century
Pastor
The earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof
The whole universe, all the terraqueous globe, both land and wate…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 24:1–6
17th Century
Minister
We ourselves are not our own; our bodies, our souls, are not. Even those children of men who do not know him, nor acknowledge their relation to him…